Table 5.
Contributions of Outliers to Total Cost
| Sum of the 5% Most Costly Procedures (2015US$) | Sum of the Remaining 95% of Procedures (2015US$) | Percentage of Total Costs Due to the Most Expensive 5% of Cases (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OHT diagnostic | 112 131 998 | 121 556 871 | 48 |
| PH diagnostic | 110 250 807 | 85 536 726 | 56 |
| ASD closure | 14 335 447 | 82 578 400 | 15 |
| PDA closure | 46 622 700 | 48 981 112 | 49 |
| Balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty | 10 965 043 | 21 681 340 | 34 |
| Balloon aortic valvuloplasty | 7 958 414 | 13 335 911 | 37 |
| Coarctation angioplasty | 1 251 951 | 2 678 445 | 32 |
| PA angioplasty | 54 400 020 | 91 371 234 | 37 |
| TC‐PVR | 7 515 444 | 30 765 391 | 20 |
ASD indicates atrial septal defect; OHT, orthotopic heart transplantation; PA, pulmonary artery; PDA, patent ductus arteriosus; PH, pulmonary hypertension; TC‐PVR, transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement.