From: Outcomes and costs of blunt trauma in England and Wales
Mean total cost (£) | Injury Severity Score | ||||
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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 |