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. 2012 Aug 28;2:41. doi: 10.1186/2110-5820-2-41

Table 4.

Mean hospital charges per patient (in thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
 ICU charges
 Non ICU charges
 Total hospital charges
  Influenza (n = 23 ) Non influenza (n = 22 ) Influenza (n = 11 ) Non influenza (n = 13 ) Influenza (n = 23 ) Non influenza (n = 22 )
Room/board
 71 ± 53
 81 ± 62
 15 ± 30
 13 ± 17
 86 ± 65
 94 ± 69
Pharmacy
 29 ± 35
 54 ± 74
 12 ± 31
 16 ± 34
 41 ± 49
 70 ± 92
Supplies
 4 ± 4
 6 ± 7
 1 ± 3
 1 ± 2
 5 ± 6.5
 8 ± 7
Laboratory
 63 ± 50
 74 ± 55
 27 ± 82
 12 ± 10
 90 ± 99
 86 ± 58
Radiology
 10 ± 9
 17 ± 15
 2 ± 4
 5 ± 5
 12 ± 10
 22 ± 17
Surgical
 3 ± 5
 5 ± 10
 6 ± 15
 1 ± 3
 9 ± 18
 7 ± 11
Blood products
 4 ± 6
 21 ± 25c
 4 ± 11
 5 ± 12
 8 ± 15
 27 ± 34c
Respiratory Services
 31 ± 22
 36 ± 28
 7 ± 11
 5 ± 5
 37 ± 25
 40 ± 29
Dialysis
 4 ± 8
 4 ± 6
 2 ± 7
 .1 ± 0.35
 6 ± 13
 4 ± 6
Miscellaneousa
 35 ± 26
 50 ± 36
 15 ± 32
 12 ± 12
 50 ± 50
 61 ± 40
Total chargesb
  
  
  
  
  
  
Mean (95% CI)
 253 (169, 336)
 350 (213, 468)
 89 (0, 184)
 70 (32, 107)
 342 (203, 481)
 419 (282, 556)
Median [IQR] 156 [124–392] 252 [182–461] 23 [13–54] 52 [11–91] 195 [148–503] 304 [203–686]

aMiscellaneous includes professional fees, nonsurgical procedures and phlebotomy, and diagnostics not included in the other categories, such as electroencephalograms, electrocardiograms, echocardiograms, cardiac catheterizations, and vascular studies. bper patient. cp <0.05 with Wilcoxon test.