Table 1.

Matrix of the distributions of daily costs of care whilst admitted to the intensive care

	Medical patients		Surgical patients		Trauma patients
	Received MV	No MV received	Received MV	No MV received	Received MV	No MV received
Day 1	$8,141 ($5,584)	$5,357 ($5,584)	$20,582 ($14,319)	$9,916 ($14,319)	$15,625 ($11,955)	$9,062 ($11,955)
Day 2	$6,535 ($4,678)	$4,783 ($4,678)	$7,726 ($6,977)	$5,050 ($6,977)	$7,414 ($6,683)	$4,968 ($6,683)
Day 3 plus	$5,703 ($4,666)	$4,261 ($4,666)	$6,627 ($5,624)	$4,765 ($5,624)	$5,880 ($5,750)	$4,641 ($5,750)

Notes: Mean costs (standard deviation); indexed to 2012 US dollars. Costs of care whilst admitted to the intensive care unit were abstracted from Dasta JF et al.¹⁵

Abbreviation: MV, mechanical ventilation.