Table 2.
Unadjusted Costs of ES and NES Strategies (£GBP 2019–2020)
| Acute Appendicitis (n = 268,144) | Diverticular Disease (n = 138,869) | Abdominal Wall Hernia (n = 106,432) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES (n = 247,506) | NES (n = 20,638) | ES (n = 15,772) | NES (n = 123,097) | ES (n = 62,559) | NES (n = 43,873) | |
| Index admission | ||||||
| Bed-day costs (£), mean (s) | 1613 (2080) | 1850 (3147) | 10,637 (12,919) | 1880 (2511) | 2249 (7036) | 1181 (3853) |
| Cost of diagnostic procedures (£), mean (s) | 28.0 (54.2) | 57.8 (69.1) | 108 (104) | 86.5 (81.4) | 20.3 (52.3) | 18.2 (45.1) |
| Cost of operative procedures (£), mean (s) | 1132 (127) | 192 (429) | 1947 (938) | 1.68 (32.8) | 809 (244) | 42.3 (209) |
| Total costs in index admission (£), mean (s) | 2774 (1974) | 2101 (3213) | 12,690 (13,124) | 1967 (2537) | 3079 (7066) | 1242 (3938) |
| Readmissions up to 1 y | ||||||
| Patients with 1+ readmissions, n (%) | 66,446 (26.8) | 10,895 (53.0) | 10,100 (64.2) | 90,300 (74.4) | 25,947 (41.5) | 31,997 (72.9) |
| Bed-day costs (£), mean (s) | 541 (2594) | 1408 (4208) | 3444 (8028) | 2422 (6167) | 1786 (5998) | 2581 (7413) |
| Cost of diagnostic procedures (£), mean (s) | 22.5 (80.2) | 70.2 (142) | 94.4 (149) | 146 (174) | 33.5 (100) | 45.7 (120) |
| Cost of operative procedures (£), mean (s) | 18.5 (139) | 178 (419) | 270 (628) | 137 (496) | 62.7 (242) | 406 (457) |
| Total costs in readmissions, mean (s) | 582 (2650) | 1656 (4338) | 3808 (6374) | 2706 (6743) | 1882 (6061) | 3033 (7468) |
| Total costs at 1 y, mean (s) | 3355 (3519) | 3757 (5658) | 16,498 (16,027) | 4673 (7145) | 4961 (9666) | 4275 (8680) |
ES, emergency surgery; NES, nonemergency surgery.