Cost analysis of the very elderly admitted to intensive care units

Table 2 Cost of ICU admission for very elderly patients

Group	n	Cost of ICU admission per patient
Group	n	Mean	Standard deviation
Hospital cohort
All patients	1,671	31,679	65,867
All patients, per day	1,671	3520	7749
Survivors to discharge	1,086	27,833	46,359
Decedents in hospital	585	38,820	91,294
Longitudinal cohort
All patients	610	36,158	34,222
All patients, per day	610	4520	3845
Survivors to discharge	452	31,323	31,228
Decedents in hospital	158	49,989	38,491

Costs are presented in Canadian Dollars. Costs of ICU admission were calculated by ICU length of stay and both indirect and variable direct costs for ICU admission at The Ottawa Hospital in 2012–2013. ICU intensive care unit, SD standard deviation

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