Table 2.
Average patient costs ($) per LVAD phase, cost drivers per phase and average total costs ($) for 20 VentrAssist™ LVAD and 9 HW HeartWare™LVAD
| |
|
Total costs in $ (range) |
|---|---|---|
| 20 VentrAssist ™ LVAD | 9 HeartWare™LVADs | |
| Pre-LVAD phase |
186, 467 (6, 000- 586, 421) |
63, 963 (9,738- 187, 097) |
| Cost drivers % |
|
|
| Personnel |
63 |
43 |
| ECMO procedure |
23 |
42 |
| Blood |
9 |
6 |
| Drugs |
1 |
1 |
| Laboratory/radiology |
4 |
8 |
| Sum |
100 |
100 |
| LVAD phase |
378, 450 (41, 957- 696, 483) |
346, 403 (273, 498- 425, 843) |
| Cost drivers % |
|
|
| Personnel |
52 |
27 |
| Device costs |
32 |
58 |
| Operating room cost |
11 |
10 |
| Blood |
1 |
2 |
| Drugs |
1 |
1 |
| Laboratory/radiology |
3 |
2 |
| Sum |
100 |
100 |
| Post- LVAD phase |
18,093 (8,729,- 59, 345) |
2, 819 (1,310- 9,724) |
| Cost drivers % |
|
|
| Day hospital stays (under 5 hours) |
69 |
0 |
| In-hospital stays |
27 |
55 |
| External consultations |
2 |
22 |
| Internal consultations |
2 |
23 |
| Sum |
100 |
100 |
| Mean total costs |
585, 513 |
413 185 |
| Range | (132, 640- 1 247, 299) | (314, 540- 622, 664) |