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Table 5 Mean (SE) costs by category, total costs (2012 to 2013 £UK) and mortality, by subgroup

From: Quantifying the healthcare costs of treating severely bleeding major trauma patients: a national study for England

 

Whole cohort

Subgroup by blood volume

Subgroup by ISS

Subgroup by injury type

n = 441

4 to 9 PRBCs n = 294

≥10 PRBCs n = 147

ISS <15 n = 85

ISS ≥15 n = 356

Blunt n = 352

Penetrating n = 89

Transport to ED cost

£1,671 (£42)

£1,670 (£52)

£1,671 (£74)

£1,420 (£93)

£1,730 (£47)

£1,810 (£47)

£1,121 (£64)

Theatre cost

£3,155 (£214)

£3,159 (£244)

£3,146 (£419)

£3,426 (£443)

£3,090 (£243)

£3,194 (£258)

£2,999 (£294)

ICU cost

£4,895 (£333)

£4,793 (£403)

£5,099 (£593)

£2,685 (£455)

£5,423 (£394)

£5,426 (£399)

£2,795 (£420)

Ward cost

£4,619 (£286)

£4,937 (£354)

£3,983 (£483)

£3,897 (£435)

£4,791 (£339)

£5,139 (£340)

£2,564 (£383)

Ventilation cost

£2,780 (£355)

£2,285 (£375)

£3,769 (£801)

£1,573 (£486)

£3,068 (£421)

£3,195 (£424)

£1,139 (£267)

Blood component cost

£2,362 (£115)

£1,455 (£64)

£4,174 (£261)

£1,615 (£146)

£2,540 (£136)

£2,270 (£105)

£2,723 (£390)

Other inpatient costs

£289 (£12)

£278 (£13)

£312 (£26)

£169 (£16)

£318 (£14)

£322 (£14)

£159 (£20)

Post-acute care cost

£455 (£149)

£570 (£221)

£225 (£62)

£130 (£64)

£533 (£184)

£563 (£186)

£31 (£31)

Re-admission cost

£365 (£97)

£281 (£94)

£533 (£222)

£318 (£179)

£376 (£112)

£452 (£121)

£21 (£38)

Mean (95 % CI) total cost

£20,591 (£18,924 to £22,257)

£19,429 (£17,567 to £21,293)

£22,912 (£19,525 to £26,298)

£15,233 (£12,970 to £17,495)

£21,870 (£19,895 to £23,845)

£22,370 (£20,383 to £24,358)

£13,552 (£11,748 to £15,356)

In-hospital mortality - n (prop)

117/441 (0.27)

61/294 (0.21)

56/147 (0.38)

5/85 (0.06)

112/356 (0.31)

100/352 (0.28)

17/89 (0.19)

12-month mortality - n (prop)

145/403 (0.36)

79/263 (0.30)

66/140 (0.47)

11/74 (0.15)

134/329 (0.41)

122/324 (0.38)

23/79 (0.29)

  1. CI Confidence Interval, ED Emergency Department, ICU Intensive Care Unit, ISS Injury Severity Score, PRBCs Packed Red Blood Cells, Prop Proportion, SE Standard Error