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Table 2 Mean costs and unadjusted outcomes by diagnosis

From: Costs, outcome and cost-effectiveness of neurocritical care: a multi-center observational study

Outcome

TBI (N = 3097)

ICH (N = 949)

SAH (N = 1875)

AIS (N = 1123)

P value

Hospital mortality

12.5% (11.3–13.6)

27.6% (24.8–30.5)

18.3% (16.5–20.0)

16.4% (14.2–18.6)

< 0.001

One-year mortality

24.7% (23.2–26.2)

43.8% (40.7–47.0)

27.1% (25.1–29.1)

28.7% (26.0–31.3)

< 0.001

Permanent disabilitya

36.7% (34.8–38.7)

51.0% (46.8–55.3)

26.0% (23.7–38.4)

46.9% (43.5–50.4)

< 0.001

Mean costs

 

 University hospital costs

€19,568 (18,707–20,429)

€18,721 (17,125–20,316)

€25,717 (24,722–26,713)

€15,819 (14,665–16,972)

< 0.001

  Percentage of total costs

45%

39%

50%

40%

 

 Rehabilitation hospital

€18,435 (17,164–19,706)

€21,361 (19,055–23,667)

€16,673 (15,112–18,234)

€16,579 (14,720–18,437)

< 0.001

  Percentage of total costs

42%

45%

32%

42%

 

 Social security costs

€5913 (5608–6217)

€7579 (6791–8367)

€9516 (8975–10,057)

€6824 (6158–7491)

< 0.001

  Percentage of total costs

13%

16%

18%

17%

 

 Total costs

€43,916 (42,096–45,735)

€47,661 (44,198–51,123)

€51,906 (49,544–54,268)

€39,222 (36,541–41,903)

< 0.001

  1. Outcome data presented as percentages with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Cost data presented as means with 95% CIs
  2. Abbreviations: AIS, acute ischemic stroke; ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage; TBI, traumatic brain injury
  3. Costs shown in euros (€) at the 2013 rate
  4. aPermanent disability for one-year survivors