Table 3.
Resource utilization and mean costs per patient, indexed for 2012
| Unit | Laparoscopic lavage (n = 46) | Sigmoid resection (n = 42) | Cost difference (€) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean units | Mean costs (€) | Mean units | Mean costs (€) | |||
| Index admission | ||||||
| Index surgery | Procedure | 1·0 | 2074 | 1·0 | 3110 | |
| Surgical ward | Days | 12·7 | 7370 | 12·9 | 7517 | |
| ICU | Days | 2·5 | 5505 | 2·8 | 6185 | |
| Additional imaging | Test | 3·0 | 293 | 2·9 | 213 | |
| Subtotal | 15 276 | 17 111 | −1834 (−13 866, 7976) | |||
| Readmission and reinterventions | ||||||
| Acute reinterventions | Procedure | 0·7 | 1170 | 0·2 | 628 | |
| Elective reinterventions | Procedure | 0·3 | 974 | 0·2 | 190 | |
| Readmission ward | Day | 7·4 | 4343 | 5·4 | 2899 | |
| Readmission ICU | Day | 0·1 | 285 | 0·1 | 156 | |
| Subtotal | 6786 | 3873 | 2912 (−478, 6355) | |||
| Stoma‐related costs | ||||||
| Stoma care | Day | 19·1 | 1019 | 89·2 | 2655 | |
| Reversal surgery | Procedure | 0·1 | 396 | 0·5 | 1806 | |
| Reversal ward admission | Day | 0·7 | 355 | 3·5 | 2025 | |
| Subtotal | 1769 | 6590 | −4821 (−7409, −2560) | |||
| Other | ||||||
| Imaging | Unit | 0·8 | 89 | 0·7 | 108 | |
| Consultations and travel | Visit | 4·6 | 352 | 5·3 | 363 | |
| Home and informal care | Hour | 57·7 | 1257 | 46·6 | 950 | |
| Total medical costs | 25 393 | 28 905 | −3512 (−16 020, 8149) | |||
| Indirect non‐medical costs | Hour | 54·3 | 1731 | 141·8 | 4520 | −2789 (−2789, 1810) |
| Total costs (12 months) | 27 125 | 33 425 | −6300 (−18 804, 6546) | |||
Values in parentheses are 95 per cent bias‐corrected and accelerated confidence intervals. Some smaller cost groups are not shown (transfusion, consultations in the emergency room, general practitioner and outpatient clinic, travel expenses, separate home and informal care costs), but are included in subtotal and total costs.