Table 4.
Patients with influenza and/or RSV |
Patients without influenza and RSV |
All patients |
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Savings [95% CI] |
P-value | Savings [95% CI] |
P-value | Savings [95% CI] |
P-value | |
Reimbursement for total admission (£) | 50 [-204, 304] | 0.70 | 165 [-2, 332] | 0.05 | 134 [4, 265] | 0.04 |
Reimbursement for stay on the acute pediatric ward (£) | 74 [-162, 311] | 0.53 | 148 [1, 295] | 0.05 | 126 [10, 242] | 0.03 |
Cost of drugs (£) | -12b [-21, -3] | <0.01 | 0 [-11, 10] | 0.94 | -3 [-11, 5] | 0.47 |
Modeled costs of lab tests (£) (with assumed POCT cost of £30) | 105 [93, 117] | <0.01 | 13 [1, 24] | 0.03 | 44 [34, 53] | <0.01 |
Controlling for age, sex, having at least one relevant condition, having a complication, and requiring hospitalization in the high-dependency unit.
Negative savings imply an additional cost in the second period with regard to the first period.