Table 5.

Overall costs (€, 2003 price level) of the intensive care unit stay per patient

	Remifentanil/propofol (n = 39)	Midazolam/fentanyl (n = 33)	P valuea
Material	11/10 (5–25)	11/11 (4–18)	NS
Non-study drugs	218/137 (31–1257)	192/153 (55–723)	NS
Study drugs	353/341 (54–835)	42/46 (19–63)	<0.05
Nurses	869/827 (517–2213)	1,131/1,071 (554–2,164)	<0.05
Physicians	260/243 (135–723)	352/301 (151–811)	<0.05
Overall	1,712/1,558 (1,058–3,647)	1,729/1,604 (821–3,337)	NS

Values are means/medians (range). ^aWilcoxon rank-sum test. NS, not significant.