Fig. 3
From: Costs, outcome and cost-effectiveness of neurocritical care: a multi-center observational study
Left panel, changes in mean costs per patient during the study period (with 95% confidence intervals (CI)]). A trend towards lower mean costs per patient is noted. Mean cost per patient was €50,162 (95% CI €43,783–€56,541) in 2003 and €38,872 (95% CI €36,236–€41,508) in 2013. Right panel, changes in the sum of costs (blue bars) and absolute number of patients per year (connected boxes). The sum of costs increased by 76% from 2003 to 2013 (€18.6 million in 2003 and €32.8 million in 2013). The total number of patients increased by 227% from 370 patients in 2003 to 840 patients in 2013