Table A4.
Median hospital costs in patients without readmissions vs. patients with unplanned readmissions.
| Median Costs (IQR) | No Readmissions n = 120 |
Unplanned Readmissions n = 40 |
Mann–Whitney U Test (a = 0.05) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total costs | EUR 28.552 (EUR 24.321–EUR 35.324) | EUR 41.199 (EUR 33.030–EUR 45.834) | p = 0.001 |
| General diagnostics | EUR 1.885 (EUR 1.471–EUR 2.643) | EUR 2.494 (EUR 1.757–EUR 3.520) | p = 0.002 |
| Imaging | EUR 158 (EUR 54–EUR 620) | EUR 684 (EUR 375–EUR 1.291) | p = 0.001 |
| Outpatient clinic | EUR 0 (EUR 0–EUR 137) | EUR 714 (EUR 468–EUR 1.228) | p = 0.001 |
| Clinical care | EUR 7.534 (EUR 5.845–EUR 10.289) | EUR 15.943 (EUR 11.667–EUR 23.644) | p = 0.001 |
| ICU | EUR 4.407 (EUR 4.312–EUR 6.610) | EUR 4.407 (EUR 4.312–EUR 6.610) | p = 0.852 |
| Surgical | EUR 11.530 (EUR 8.274–EUR 14.655) | EUR 11.875 (EUR 8.336–EUR 14.541) | p = 0.998 |
| Other costs | EUR 1.690 (EUR 393–EUR 2.602) | EUR 2.763 (EUR 1.113–EUR 3.555) | p = 0.001 |
| Hospital stay in days (mean, median, IQR) | 17.1; 13; 11.0–17.8 | 31.7; 26.5; 20.0–40.5 | p = 0.001 |