Table 3 |
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Mean daily intensive care unit costs per patient and percentage of total cost sorted by hospital level of care |
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Direct cost (€) |
All hospitals (n = 453) |
Primary care hospitals (n = 93) |
General care hospitals (n = 103) |
Focused care hospitals (n = 111) |
Maximum care hospitals (n = 146) |
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Mean daily cost |
791 (305)* |
685 (234) |
672 (199) |
816 (363) |
923 (306) |
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€/TISS point |
32 (13.7) |
33 (14.8) |
31 (11.6) |
33 (15.0) |
32(13.7) |
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Staff cost |
444 (105)* |
387 (54) |
415 (93) |
438 (114) |
505 (101) |
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Medicationa |
148 (191)* |
139 (185) |
98 (108) |
169 (211) |
174 (217) |
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Antibiotics |
24 (43) |
20 (36) |
19 (38) |
29 (48) |
25 (46) |
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Blood products |
30 (105) |
16 (60) |
16 (53) |
43 (151) |
39 (113) |
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Invasive proceduresb |
24 (55) |
14 (30) |
20 (50) |
30 (66) |
30 (61) |
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Diagnosticsc |
96 (90)* |
76 (66) |
67 (64) |
102 (97) |
122 (105) |
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Laboratory |
65 (62)* |
49 (40) |
44 (37) |
71 (67) |
87 (75) |
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Microbiology |
9 (30) |
7 (25) |
3 (8) |
9 (27) |
16 (41) |
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Data presented as the mean (standard deviation). TISS, Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS-28). aAll given drugs, fluids, blood products and nutrition. bFor example, intubation, catheterizations, renal replacement therapy and mechanical ventilation. cAll diagnostic procedures including imaging, laboratory tests and microbiologic analysis. *Significant difference (P < 0.05) between the different levels of hospital care. |
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Moerer et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R69 doi:10.1186/cc5952 |
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