Table 1.
Cost structure per patient and by sector of activity (2015 $C)
| Group | Overall (n=47) | Control (n=24) | FreeO2 (n=23) |
| Emergency | 261.48 | 257.71 | 265.40 |
| Nursing | |||
| Medicine units | 2422.04 | 2627.99 | 2 207.14 |
| Intensive care | 157.90 | 309.23 | 0.00 |
| Outpatient consultations | 1.01 | 1.35 | 0.65 |
| Day medicine | 3.45 | 6.76 | 0.00 |
| Subtotal | 2584.41 | 2945.33 | 2207.79 |
| Medical imaging and nuclear medicine | 207.55 | 259.08 | 153.79 |
| Laboratories | 354.30 | 418.25 | 287.57 |
| Pharmacy | |||
| Labour | 235.94 | 278.89 | 191.12 |
| Supplies | 378.23 | 461.38 | 291.48 |
| Subtotal | 614.17 | 740.27 | 482.60 |
| Endoscopy | 99.74 | 80.63 | 119.68 |
| Occupational therapy | 57.10 | 83.23 | 29.83 |
| Physiotherapy | 139.89 | 145.00 | 134.55 |
| Social services | 92.27 | 81.08 | 103.95 |
| Respiratory physiology | 11.94 | 13.87 | 9.92 |
| Respiratory therapy | 564.71 | 687.60 | 436.47 |
| Compressible costs for clinical support activities | 968.72 | 1127.36 | 803.18 |
| Specialist costs | |||
| Pneumology | 820.39 | 904.39 | 732.74 |
| Other specialties | 260.70 | 290.73 | 229.37 |
| Subtotal | 1081.09 | 1195.12 | 962.11 |
| FreeO2 depreciation | 26.41 | – | 53.97 |
| O2 flowmeter depreciation | 0.15 | 0.30 | – |
| O2 use | 76.99 | 105.27 | 47.48 |
| Hospitalisation subtotal | 7140.91 | 8 140.10 | 6098.30 |
| Rehospitalisation costs | |||
| Direct and indirect | 4814.13 | 5156.31 | 4457.09 |
| Medical specialists | 862.65 | 969.67 | 750.97 |
| Subtotal | 5676.78 | 6125.98 | 5208.06 |
| Total costs | 12 817.69 | 14 266.08 | 11 306.36 |
Source: data expressed as mean. Calculations provided by the authors and Direction de la performance clinique et organisationnelle, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec— Université Laval.