EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

UROLOGY TEAM REPORT

MARCH 20APRIL 2, 2014

Team Members

Persons sponsored by RMI (airfare and per diem): 8

Persons sponsored by Canvasback: 2

1

Outcome

Number of patient examinations: 292

Number of surgeries: 19
2

Number of procedures: 39

Monetary Value of Support Provided to Send Teams

Total cost to send team: $63,291.00

3

Support provided by RMI: $20,600.00

The RMI provided 33% of the cost of sending this team

Service Provided to the People of the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Monetary value of services provided to RMI: $100,940.00

4

Monetary value of supplies and pharmaceuticals: $36,323.00

Return on investment for the RMI: 490%

Canvasback funds extra team members to increase efciency and ensure patient safety
1
Many of these would have otherwise been referred off island at great expense to RMI
2
Includes cost of transporting and rooming extra members; logistical costs of acquiring, warehousing, crating, and
3
shipping an ocean container of supplies; recruitment of teams; and solicitation of medical supplies
Based on 2014 Medicare Reimbursement and Noridian San Francisco Fee Schedule and includes the value of
4
donated supplies and pharmaceuticals