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Table 2 Costs for cases with ICU-acquired LRTI and control patients without LRTI

From: Attributable costs of ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) acquired on intensive care units: a retrospectively matched cohort study

Characteristic

Cases (N = 49)

Controls (N = 49)

P-value*

Total hospital costs (€)

45,041 (30,563-62,224)

26,467 (16,899-36,488)

<.001

Reimbursement per patient (€)

47,952 (30,688-69,841)

23,013 (15,056 - 30,688)

<.001

Total ICU costs (€)

28,911 (18,294-43,890)

11,785 (6,576 - 19,207)

<.001

Medical staff (€)

6,458 (3,256-9,638)

2,506 (1,179 - 4,593)

<.001

Nursing staff (€)

10,696 (6,659-16,734)

4,650 (2,351 - 7,634)

<.001

Assistant medical technicians (€)

195 (120–274)

87 ( 51–178)

<.001

Pharmacy (€)

1,820 (950–2,554)

593 (338–1,316)

<.001

Medical products (€)

2,712 (1,500-4,464)

1,043 (513–1,835)

<.001

Daily costs (€)

1,503 (1,095-1,809)

1,070 (833–1,441)

0.001

  1. Values are given as median (interquartile range).
  2. * P-value, Wilcoxon signed-rank test.