Table 1.
Healthcare costs split by major cost categories
| Category | Early PN, euros | Late PN, euros | Mean difference, euros |
P value (t test) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | p25-p75 | Mean | p25-p75 | |||
| Total hospital stay | ||||||
| Honoraria | 7,058.00 | 4,762.00-7,126.00 | 6,812.00 | 4,732.00-7,037.00 | 246.00 | 0.16 |
| Pharmacy | 5,478.00 | 1,871.00-5,835.00 | 4,870.00 | 1,875.00-5,548.00 | 608.00 | 0.01 |
| Hospitalization costs (PD) | 2,221.00 | 654.00-1,950.00 | 2,126.00 | 653.00-1,849.00 | 95.00 | 0.63 |
| Blood products | 1,345.00 | 204.00-1,517.00 | 1,290.00 | 204.00-1,523.00 | 56.00 | 0.43 |
| Clinical chemistry | 963.00 | 253.00-1,141.00 | 889.00 | 255.00-1,035.00 | 75.00 | 0.05 |
| Radiology | 550.00 | 167.00-665.00 | 519.00 | 1,688.00-625.00 | 30.00 | 0.11 |
| Miscellaneous | 184.00 | 0.00-105.00 | 178.00 | 0.00-124.00 | 7.00 | 0.60 |
| Graft products | 165.00 | 0.00-0.00 | 167.00 | 0.00-0.00 | −1.00 | 0.96 |
| Total | 17,965.00 | 8,746.00-18,661.00 | 16,851.00 | 8,788.00-17,749.00 | 1,114.00 | 0.04 |
| Period 1 (ICU) | ||||||
| Honoraria | 5,969.00 | 4,198.00-6,132.00 | 5,783.00 | 4,113.00-6,140.00 | 186.00 | 0.19 |
| Pharmacy | 4,679.00 | 1,754.00-5,210.00 | 4,231.00 | 1,737.00-5,175.00 | 448.00 | 0.04 |
| Hospitalization costs (PD) | 1,002.00 | 173.00-923.00 | 960.00 | 177.00-854.00 | 42.00 | 0.68 |
| Blood products | 1,216.00 | 167.00-1,351.00 | 1,125.00 | 166.00-1,383.00 | 91.00 | 0.17 |
| Clinical chemistry | 730.00 | 194.00-816.00 | 664.00 | 201.00-728.00 | 66.00 | 0.03 |
| Radiology | 332.00 | 61.00-400.00 | 310.00 | 64.00-338.00 | 23.00 | 0.12 |
| Miscellaneous | 52.00 | 0.00-0.00 | 51.00 | 0.00-0.00 | 1.00 | 0.86 |
| Graft products | 145.00 | 0.00-0.00 | 156.00 | 0.00-0.00 | −11.00 | 0.73 |
| Total | 14,124.00 | 7,240.00-14,821.00 | 13,280.00 | 7,173.00-14,210.00 | 844.00 | 0.05 |
Early PN, parenteral nutrition administered during the first week of critical illness when enteral nutrition is insufficient; ICU, intensive care unit; Late PN, no parenteral nutrition administered before day 8 of critical illness; p25-p75, interquartile range (25th and 75th percentiles); PD, per diem.