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Table 1 Healthcare costs split by major cost categories

From: Early versus late parenteral nutrition in ICU patients: cost analysis of the EPaNIC trial

Category

Early PN, euros

Late PN, euros

Mean difference, euros

P value

(t test)

 

Mean

p25-p75

Mean

p25-p75

  

Total hospital stay

      

   Honoraria

7,058.00

4,762.00-7,126.00

6,812.00

4,732.00-7,037.00

246.00

0.16

   Pharmacy

5,478.00

1,871.00-5,835.00

4,870.00

1,875.00-5,548.00

608.00

0.01

   Hospitalization costs (PD)

2,221.00

654.00-1,950.00

2,126.00

653.00-1,849.00

95.00

0.63

   Blood products

1,345.00

204.00-1,517.00

1,290.00

204.00-1,523.00

56.00

0.43

   Clinical chemistry

963.00

253.00-1,141.00

889.00

255.00-1,035.00

75.00

0.05

   Radiology

550.00

167.00-665.00

519.00

1,688.00-625.00

30.00

0.11

   Miscellaneous

184.00

0.00-105.00

178.00

0.00-124.00

7.00

0.60

   Graft products

165.00

0.00-0.00

167.00

0.00-0.00

−1.00

0.96

   Total

17,965.00

8,746.00-18,661.00

16,851.00

8,788.00-17,749.00

1,114.00

0.04

Period 1 (ICU)

      

   Honoraria

5,969.00

4,198.00-6,132.00

5,783.00

4,113.00-6,140.00

186.00

0.19

   Pharmacy

4,679.00

1,754.00-5,210.00

4,231.00

1,737.00-5,175.00

448.00

0.04

   Hospitalization costs (PD)

1,002.00

173.00-923.00

960.00

177.00-854.00

42.00

0.68

   Blood products

1,216.00

167.00-1,351.00

1,125.00

166.00-1,383.00

91.00

0.17

   Clinical chemistry

730.00

194.00-816.00

664.00

201.00-728.00

66.00

0.03

   Radiology

332.00

61.00-400.00

310.00

64.00-338.00

23.00

0.12

   Miscellaneous

52.00

0.00-0.00

51.00

0.00-0.00

1.00

0.86

   Graft products

145.00

0.00-0.00

156.00

0.00-0.00

−11.00

0.73

   Total

14,124.00

7,240.00-14,821.00

13,280.00

7,173.00-14,210.00

844.00

0.05

  1. Early PN, parenteral nutrition administered during the first week of critical illness when enteral nutrition is insufficient; ICU, intensive care unit; Late PN, no parenteral nutrition administered before day 8 of critical illness; p25-p75, interquartile range (25th and 75th percentiles); PD, per diem.