Table 3.
Costs of treating patients with secundum atrial septal defects using operative or transcatheter closure procedures (2015 USD).
Operative |
Transcatheter |
|
---|---|---|
Mean (Min-Max) | ||
Hospital bed | 260.2 (77.6–413.4) | 197.4 (9.0–569.1) |
Laboratory | 110.3 (97.0–126.7) | 62.6 (43.8–91.5) |
Diagnostic imaging | 38.2 (31.3–41.7) | 35.9 (33.0–37.3) |
Procedure | 773.1 (757.7–793.8) | 341.0 (336.7–345.5) |
Blood and blood products | 116.2 (92.5–154.6) | NA |
Medicine and fluid | 115.5 (61.5–184.7) | 61.7 (40.4–102.2) |
Medical supplies | 627.0 (616.4–644.2) | 445.3 (352.4–492.0) |
Occlusion device | NA | 1,934.3 |
Treatment complications |
40.0 (0.0–200.0) |
29.7 (0.0–1500.0) |
Total cost | 2,080.5 (1734–2559.1) | 3,107.8 (2,749.7–5,071.9) |
NA: Not applicable.