Table 3 Median (interquartile range) 1-year costs following admission of pediatric patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in Ontario, Canada (2009–2017)
Cost sector | Overall (n = 342) | Neonatal (n = 103) | Cardiac failure (n = 169) | Respiratory failure (n = 70) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acute care sectors | |||||
Inpatient | 119,197 (57,839–250,675) | 117,885 (66,597–217,202) | 135,879 (61,181–289,533) | 96,762 (41,416–194,397) | 0.15 |
Emergency department | 143 (0–807) | 0 (0–698) | 111 (0–806) | 475 (0–965) | 0.04 |
Continuing care sectors | |||||
Complex continuing care | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0.60 |
Long-term care | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 1.00 |
Rehabilitation | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 1.00 |
Homecare | 0 (0–1734) | 0 (0–1628) | 0 (0–1636) | 0 (0–2633) | 0.92 |
Outpatient care sectors | |||||
Outpatient clinics | 758 (319–2307) | 722 (0–2287) | 780 (332–1946) | 737 (0–3510) | 0.84 |
Laboratory (OHIP) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0.07 |
Drugs (Ontario Drug Benefit Program) | 0 (0–548) | 0 (0–224) | 0 (0–804) | 0 (0–1183) | 0.66 |
Physician billings | 18,970 (10,059–31,348) | 17,649 (12,106–24,460) | 21,529 (11,492–34,973) | 17,902 (7209–28,076) | 0.19 |
Total costs | 147,957 (70,571–300,295) | 141,423 (84,755–256,128) | 173,303 (81,888–328,018) | 147,957 (70,571–300,295) | 0.29 |
Total cost/survivor to discharge | 412,358 | 365,393 | 412,284 | 484,328 | |