Table 2.
Comparison of costs in the patients with community-acquired pneumonia regarding age groups.
Inpatients |
Outpatients |
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Costs per patient, € | <65 y n = 107 Mean ± SD | ≥ 65 y n = 101 Mean ± SD | p | <65 y n = 150 Mean ± SD | ≥ 65 y n = 61 Mean ± SD | p |
Specialist visit | 23.87 ± 17.09 | 27.41 ± 18.78 | 0.079 | 7.57 ± 2.65 | 7.80 ± 2.88 | 0.604 |
Imaging | 25.90 ± 23.67 | 27.7 ± 28.68 | 0.745 | 14.33 ± 13.48 | 17.08 ± 17.64 | 0.360 |
Laboratory | 42.11 ± 36.95 | 56.18 ± 57.98 | 0.014 | 18.19 ± 23.2 | 14.38 ± 20.32 | 0.097 |
Medication | 203.6 ± 400.24 | 432.29 ± 1,110.98 | 0.004 | 22.98 ± 18.87 | 30.31 ± 30.39 | 0.300 |
Hospitalization | 117.84 ± 88.39 | 165.31 ± 189.62 | 0.034 | — | — | — |
Total | 412.37 ± 506.75 | 708.34 ± 1,331.19 | 0.014 | 49.25 ± 38.22 | 55.83 ± 46.92 | 0.459` |
SD, standard deviation.