Table 2.
Estimated costs of admission. All dollar amounts are in 2017 Canadian dollars.
| Visits | Average LOS(95% CI) | Average Cost Per Admission | Overall Costs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Cost | Lower 95% | Upper 95% | Hospital Cost | Physician Cost | Drug Cost | ||||
| High Risk | 410 | 7.4 (6.3–8.4) | N/A | ||||||
| no PPI | 36 | 5.2 (3.5–7) | CAD 7514 | CAD 5155 | CAD 10,011 | CAD 6673 | CAD 841 | CAD 0 | CAD 270,491 |
| bolus + infusion | 337 | 7.5 (6.3–8.8) | CAD 10,742 | CAD 9077 | CAD 12,545 | CAD 9624 | CAD 1860 | CAD 38 | CAD 3,620,086 |
| intermittent IV | 12 | 11.6 (5.8–17.3) | CAD 16,408 | CAD 8363 | CAD 24,316 | CAD 14,885 | CAD 2713 | CAD 17 | CAD 196,901 |
| PO | 25 | 5.8 (3.5–8.2) | CAD 8348 | CAD 5158 | CAD 11,678 | CAD 7443 | CAD 1507 | CAD 2 | CAD 208,707 |
| Subgroup Total | CAD 4,296,185 | ||||||||
| Low Risk | 1403 | 6.6 (6.1–7.2) | N/A | ||||||
| no PPI | 152 | 4.2 (3.4–4.9) | CAD 6126 | CAD 5017 | CAD 7097 | CAD 5389 | CAD 737 | CAD 0 | CAD 931,216 |
| bolus + infusion | 1231 | 6.8 (6.2–7.3) | CAD 9771 | CAD 8938 | CAD 10,464 | CAD 8726 | CAD 1007 | CAD 38 | CAD 10,542,659 |
| intermittent IV | 60 | 4.9 (3.9–5.9) | CAD 7111 | CAD 5724 | CAD 8499 | CAD 6288 | CAD 810 | CAD 14 | CAD 426,686 |
| PO | 112 | 6.3 (4.8–7.8) | CAD 9042 | CAD 6961 | CAD 11,123 | CAD 8084 | CAD 955 | CAD 3 | CAD 1,012,713 |
| Subgroup Total | CAD 12,913,274 | ||||||||
| No EGD | 2241 | 7.9 (7.5–8.4) | N/A | ||||||
| no PPI | 1373 | 4.4 (4.1–4.6) | CAD 6291 | CAD 5875 | CAD 6568 | CAD 5646 | CAD 645 | CAD 0 | CAD 8,637,095 |
| bolus + infusion | 582 | 11.1 (9.7–12.7) | CAD 15,624 | CAD 13,682 | CAD 17,705 | CAD 14,244 | CAD 1341 | CAD 39 | CAD 9,093,343 |
| intermittent IV | 61 | 8.5 (6–11) | CAD 11,994 | CAD 8526 | CAD 15,462 | CAD 10,907 | CAD 1071 | CAD 15 | CAD 731,612 |
| PO | 225 | 7.7 (6.5–8.9) | CAD 10,872 | CAD 9207 | CAD 12,536 | CAD 9881 | CAD 988 | CAD 3 | CAD 2,446,098 |
| Subgroup Total | CAD 20,908,148 | ||||||||
| Grand Total | CAD 38,117,607 | ||||||||