Table II.

Median medical costs per person in the hospital

	VAP group (n=40)	Control group (n=40)	P value
Total	51,099 (33,741–67,539)	26,689 (15,351–47,126)	<0.001
ICU fees	15,915 (11,166–17,188)	6,937 (4,491–9,281)	<0.001
Basic hospitalisation fees	9,702 (6,348–12,491)	4,107 (2,700–5,284)	<0.001
Drug costs	4,106 (2,242–7,311)	1,474 (694–4,877)	0.001
Medical material costs	2,734 (746–8,002)	1,259 (237–8,990)	0.166
Other costs	24,510 (12,122–38,156)	12,321 (6,557–36,462)	0.014
Daily costs	1,049 (752–1,541)	1,525 (937–2,267)	0.003

Note: Values are presented as median (IQR) USD/case.

Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia.