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Table 4 Resource use and costs of health care (2015€) per patient for the population

From: Cost impact of procalcitonin-guided decision making on duration of antibiotic therapy for suspected early-onset sepsis in neonates

 

PCT-guided decision making (n = 754)

Standard care (n = 735)

P valuea

 

Resource use (number)

Costs (euro)

Resource use (number)

Costs (euro)

PCT number of tests

3 [2, 4]

63 [39, 79]

NA

NA

< 0.001*

CRP number of tests

4 [3, 4]

15 [12, 16]

3 [3, 4]

14 [10, 16]

0.001*

Hospital hours

164 [69, 184]

3489 [1377, 3906]

162 [79, 183]

3511 [1541, 4215]

0.060

Antibiotic doses

10 [5, 12]

22 [9, 25]

12 [7, 14]

26 [13, 29]

< 0.001*

Labor costs

–

61 [43, 76]

–

66 [52, 79]

< 0.001*

Total costs

–

3649 [1496, 4091]

–

3616 [1639, 4372]

0.240

  1. Data are expressed as mean + IQR (interquartile range)
  2. Costs are expressed in € corrected for inflation for the year 2015
  3. aP value for the difference in costs between PCT-guided decision making and standard care
  4. *Significant at 5% level (P < 0.05)
  5. NA = not applicable
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