Table III.
Raw estimates of mean cost and mean QALY values
| Cost item | Unit cost | Intervention group | Control group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utilisation | Costs | Utilisation | Costs | ||
| CIPA: | |||||
| Nurse time (3.5 min per visit) | € 1.2 | 3 visits | € 3.6 | – | – |
| Dietitian time (5 min per visit) | € 1.70 | 3 visits | € 5.1 | – | – |
| Nutritional treatment: | |||||
| Oral nutritional supplement | € 0.20 | 2.39 days | € 0.5 | 0.71 days | € 0.2 |
| Enteral nutrition | € 1.85 | 0.00 days | € 0.0 | 0.12 days | € 0.2 |
| Parenteral nutrition | € 51.0 | 0.61 days | € 31.1 | 1.14 days | € 58.2 |
| Length of stay: | |||||
| General ward | by DRG | 11.52 days | € 9475.6 | 9.95 days | € 8406.0 |
| Critical care unit | € 2515.9 | 0.05 days | € 134.7 | 0.18 days | € 4446.9 |
| Three months after discharge: | |||||
| GP visits | € 28.8 | 1.73 visits | € 49.8 | 1.73 visits | € 49.8 |
| Specialist visits | € 82.3 | 1.82 visits | € 149.4 | 1.67 visits | € 137.6 |
| Readmission | € 8726.1 | 0.37 visits | € 3227.2 | 0.31 visits | € 2738.8 |
| Total cost (standard deviation): | |||||
| Total cost – combined sample | € 13 077 (€ 12480) | € 11 838 (€ 14061) | |||
| Total cost – internal medicine | € 14 011 (€ 13054) | € 11 084 (€ 13173) | |||
| Total cost – surgical ward | € 12 110 (€ 11811) | € 12 567 (€ 14864) | |||
| QALY (standard deviation): | |||||
| QALY – combined sample | 0.2010 (0.0618) | 0.2090 (0.0638) | |||
| QALY – internal medicine | 0.1933 (0.0711) | 0.1988 (0.0720) | |||
| QALY – surgical ward | 0.2090 (0.0494) | 0.2188 (0.0529) | |||