Table
Procedure
OR cost
ICU cost
Cost savings
Tracheostomy (
n
= 13)
$137 555.05
$1323.92
$36231.13
PEG (
n
= 8)
$17763.60
$1733.44
$16030.16
Knudsen
et al.
Critical Care
1999
3
(Suppl 1):P002 doi:10.1186/cc377