Table 4.

Mean duration in the various model states (hours) and associated costs (euros) per patient suspected of influenza or RSV infection, in case of care as usual and in case of reduced time‐to‐diagnosis as result of POC (scenario 1) and in case of additional impact of POC on length of stay (scenario 2). For total costs, the 90% confidence interval is presented on the basis of first‐order Monte Carlo simulation of the three models (numbers between brackets)

	Care as usual		Scenario 1		Scenario 2
	Duration*	Costs	Duration	Costs	Duration	Costs
State 1 presentation	‐	366	‐	331	‐	331
State 2 ward, isolated, unknown	11.8	633	‐	‐	‐	‐
State 3 ward, not isolated, unknown	8.5	227	‐	‐	‐	‐
State 4 ward, correctly isolated	36.0	1922	40.4	2163	35.7	1910
State 5 ward, incorrectly isolated	3.4	184	‐	‐	‐	‐
State 6 ward, correctly not isolated	72.5	1910	90.1	2410	73.5	1965
Total		5243		4904		4206
		(288‐10105)		(253‐9604)		(253‐8267)

Abbreviations: RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; POC, point‐of‐care.

^*mean, hours.

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