Table 2.
Comparison of costs according to age in the patients with pneumonia and acute otitis media.
| Pneumonia |
Acute otitis media |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <36 months n = 21 | ≥36 months n = 32 | p | <36 months n = 40 | ≥36 months n = 27 | p | ||
| Direct Costs, € | Mean ± SD | 397.65 ± 247.43 | 1,921.59 ± 3,995.47 | 0.061 | 22.08 ± 9.33 | 18.33 ± 3.00 | 0.049 |
| Median (Q1-Q3) | 285.38 (202.36–522.01) | 601.27 (235.23–1,885.74) | 17.59 (17.59–22.93) | 17.59 (17.59–17.59) | |||
| Service cost | Mean ± SD | 284.35 ± 156.53 | 1,270.62 ± 2,848.92 | 0.056 | NA | NA | — |
| Median (Q1-Q3) | 217.77 (175.60–348.18) | 438.28 (181.09–999.65) | |||||
| Medication cost | Mean ± SD | 81.74 ± 78.69 | 496.1 ± 1,454.83 | 0.047 | NA | NA | — |
| Median (Q1-Q3) | 53.11 (30.29–97.02) | 113.66 (36.67–388.87) | |||||
| Material cost | Mean ± SD | 31.55 ± 64.53 | 154.86 ± 409.29 | 0.490 | NA | NA | — |
| Median (Q1-Q3) | 8.08 (1.43–18.40) | 6.83 (2.45–84.68) | |||||
| Indirect Costs, € | Mean ± SD | 300.83 ± 141.53 | 588.03 ± 539.45 | 0.032 | 109.52 ± 38.78 | 101.16 ± 7.39 | 0.215 |
| Median (Q1-Q3) | 291.69 (176.52–368.48) | 406.87 (214.91–752.4) | 99.73 (99.73–99.73) | 99.73 (99.73–99.73) | |||
| Total Cost, € | Mean ± SD | 698.48 ± 375.22 | 2,509.62 ± 4,335.26 | 0.011 | 131.32 ± 45.51 | 119.49 ± 10.26 | 0.051 |
| Median (Q1-Q3) | 577.08 (378.88–927.09) | 1,031.36 (545.02–2,772.51) | 117.32 (117.32–122.67) | 117.32 (117.32–117.32) | |||
SD, standard deviation; Q1, 1st quartile (25th percentile); Q3, 3rd quartile (75th percentile); NA, not available