Table 2.
A Table Showing the Clinical Costs for the Three United Kingdom Patients Treated with Stem Cell-Engineered Airways, Using National Health Service Reference Costs Applied to All Clinical Activity Performed While the Patients were Admitted to the United Kingdom Hospital, up Until the Point of Discharge
Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Patient 3 | ||||||||
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Clinical items | Transplant to discharge | First year | Second year | Third year | Fourth year | Total costs | First transplant | Second transplant | Total costs | Total costs |
Standard ward staysa | $45,360 | $17,960 | $6620 | $470 | $7560 | $77,970 | $94,970 | $28,350 | $123,320 | $3030 |
ITU/CITU stays | $104,570 | $37,820 | $4450 | $0 | $0 | $146,840 | $47,300 | $63,660 | $110,960 | $33,380 |
Imaging (e.g., CXR, CT, and ECHO) | $320 | $1160 | $370 | $0 | $320 | $2170 | $10,890 | $3330 | $14,220 | $1020 |
Broncoscopies (e.g., B&B) and specialist meetings (e.g., dietetic assessment) | $1850 | $3690 | $2220 | $370 | $740 | $8870 | $2830 | $2850 | $5680 | $4080 |
Surgery (e.g., MLB, stent insertions and removals, graft transplant) | $256,250 | $29,960 | $6130 | $0 | $12,260 | $304,600 | $322,650 | $120,380 | $443,030 | $105,420 |
Total | $408,350 | $90,590 | $19,790 | $840 | $20,880 | $540,450 | $478,640 | $218,570 | $697,210 | $146,930 |
Costs shown in USD (calculated using Thompson-Reuters ForEx rate on 25 March 2015), rounded to nearest $10.
Includes two nights of overnight patient hotel costs for Patient 3.
B&B, bronchoscopy and bronchogram; CT, computerized tomography; CXR, chest X-ray; ECHO, echocardiogram; MLB, microlaryngoscopy.