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Table 5 Mean treatment costs by treatment characteristics

From: Outcomes and costs of blunt trauma in England and Wales

Mean total cost (£)

Injury Severity Score

 

0–9

10–16

17–25

26–75

All

By mode of arrival

   Ambulance

6,521

9,044

13,774

19,824

9,575

   Helicopter

8,939

11,465

18,006

26,608

16,692

   Car

4,266

4,580

6,392

5,602

4,346

By time from emergency call to arrival at the A&E departmenta

   0 to 1 hours

6,267

8,635

13,243

17,507

8,651

   1 to 2 hours

6,680

8,899

14,482

19,982

9,405

   2 to 3 hours

8,618

12,693

10,931

29,073

13,083

   3 to 4 hours

12,680

16,074

18,024

26,440

19,286

   4+ hours

12,087

14,780

16,875

23,601

17,537

By time in the A&E department

   0 to 1 hours

7,917

11,566

16,465

21,805

14,254

   1 to 2 hours

6,512

10,686

18,447

23,575

11,122

   2 to 3 hours

6,246

8,833

15,109

22,215

8,984

   3 to 4 hours

5,730

7,834

14,139

20,648

8,097

   4+ hours

5,898

7,896

12,198

19,172

8,038

By grade of most senior doctor seen in the A&E department

   Consultant

7,283

10,290

15,562

22,261

12,974

   Middle grade

6,508

9,350

14,185

20,983

10,524

   Senior house officer

5,755

7,227

11,453

16,135

6,585

By specialty of doctors seen in the A&E department

   Emergency medicine

5,906

8,009

13,138

19,844

8,144

   Orthopaedics

6,195

9,154

14,805

23,605

8,912

   Anaesthesia

10,091

13,162

18,272

23,820

17,697

   Neurosurgery

7,858

10,396

14,361

20,906

14,336

   General surgery

8,033

10,346

15,939

23,880

14,877

By surgeryb

   Bone fixationc

     

No

6,076

9,032

13,577

19,986

10,469

Yes

6,290

8,909

16,793

26,135

8,323

   Wound debridement

     

No

5,998

8,761

14,045

20,726

9,308

Yes

9,149

11,302

16,683

27,938

12,592

   Intracranial proceduresd

     

No

6,169

8,418

13,311

20,678

8,877

Yes

22,430

21,006

19,535

23,157

21,495

By length of stay in critical care

   0 days

5,436

5,628

5,711

5,177

5,480

   1 to 5 days

9,514

9,962

10,357

9,866

9,936

   6 to 10 days

18,914

20,906

20,086

21,624

20,716

   11+ days

42,767

41,730

41,827

45,135

43,589

By total length of staye

   0 to 5 days

3,270

3,142

3,611

3,958

3,350

   6 to 10 days

4,544

5,116

6,538

9,074

5,116

   11 to 20 days

6,658

8,346

10,858

15,136

8,420

   21 to 30 days

10,358

13,472

18,700

21,797

14,344

   31 to 40 days

13,830

17,890

23,734

30,116

20,142

   41 to 50 days

15,949

22,869

29,074

36,596

25,175

   51+ days

26,791

34,697

41,630

49,338

39,025

  1. A&E, accident and emergency. aAmong those arriving by ambulance. bBased on the 10 most common procedures. cIncluding open reduction and internal fixation, nail insertion, manipulation of bone, screw insertion, external fixation and K-wire insertion. dIncluding evacuation of extradural haematoma/subdural haematoma, intracranial pressure monitor and craniotomy. eIncluding length of stay in critical care; figures pertain both to those who were admitted to critical care and those who were not.
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