Table 3 Mean daily intensive care unit costs per patient and percentage of total cost sorted by hospital level of care
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean daily cost | 791 (305)* | 685 (234) | 672 (199) | 816 (363) | 923 (306) |
€/TISS point | 32 (13.7) | 33 (14.8) | 31 (11.6) | 33 (15.0) | 32(13.7) |
Staff cost | 444 (105)* | 387 (54) | 415 (93) | 438 (114) | 505 (101) |
Medicationa | 148 (191)* | 139 (185) | 98 (108) | 169 (211) | 174 (217) |
Antibiotics | 24 (43) | 20 (36) | 19 (38) | 29 (48) | 25 (46) |
Blood products | 30 (105) | 16 (60) | 16 (53) | 43 (151) | 39 (113) |
Invasive proceduresb | 24 (55) | 14 (30) | 20 (50) | 30 (66) | 30 (61) |
Diagnosticsc | 96 (90)* | 76 (66) | 67 (64) | 102 (97) | 122 (105) |
Laboratory | 65 (62)* | 49 (40) | 44 (37) | 71 (67) | 87 (75) |
Microbiology | 9 (30) | 7 (25) | 3 (8) | 9 (27) | 16 (41) |