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Supplementary information  is provided in coded form in the following way: (e.g.)

Typical Number in Hospital: 4 Cost Bands: 2,3,4 References: 3

The coded information can be interpreted as follows:

Typical Number in Hospital (still 1986 estimates): 4
A typical general hospital (with research and teaching functions) would have about four of these items.
 
Cost Bands: 2,3,4
These items are available in approximate price bands 2,3 and 4.
Price bands at date of writing (1986 so double the figures)  are as follows:
  1. 0 - £100 ($150)
  2. £100 - £500 ($750)
  3. £500 - £1000 ($1500)
  4. £1000 - £5000 ($7500)
  5. £5000 - £10 000 ($15 000)
  6. £10 000 - £50 000 ($75 000)
  7. £50 000 -£100 000 ($150 000)
  8. over £100 000-(over $150 000)
  9.  
     
References: 3   More information can be found in the following book(s).  These books may seem rather old but most have new editions. 
  1. McDicken, W.N.(1981) Diagnostic Ultrasonics:Principles and Use of Instruments, 2nd edn, John Wiley and Sons, New York.
  2. Ward, C.S.(1975) Anaesthetic Equipment: Physical Principles and Maintenance, Bailliere Tyndall, 7 and 8 Henrietta Street, London WC2E 8QE.
  3. Brown, B.H. and Smallwood, R.H.(1981) Medical Physics and Physiological Measurement, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0EL, UK.
  4. Cook, A.M. and Webster, J.G. (1982) Therapeutic Medical Devices: Application and Design, Prentice?Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632, USA
  5. Ackerman, P.G. (1972) Electronic Instrumentation in the Clinical Laboratory, Little, Brown and Co., Boston, Mass., USA.
  6. Hill, D.W. and Dolan, A.M. (1982) Intensive Care Instrumentation, 2nd edn, Academic Press Inc.(London) Ltd., 24/28 Oval Road, London NW1, UK, and Grune and Stratten Inc., 111 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10003.
  7. Van der Plaats, G.J. (1980) Medical and X?ray Techniques in Diagnostic Radiology, 4th edn, The Macmillan Press Ltd., London.
  8. Burns, W. (1973) Noise and Man, 2nd edn, John Murray, 50 Albemarle Street, London.
  9. Webster, John G.(Ed.) (1978) Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Dallas, Geneva, Illinois, Hopewell, New Jersey, Palo Alto, London.
  10. Forster, Angela and Palastanga, Nigel, (1981) Clayton's Electrotherapy, 8th edn, Bailliere Tindall, 7 and 8 Henrietta Street, London WC2E 8QE.

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