Table 2 Hospital costs per patient in euros [€] 14 and 30 days before death
Cost | 14 days | 30 days | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PC (n = 65) | Non-PC (n = 392) | PC (n = 65)] | Non-PC (n = 392) | |||||||
mean | SD | mean | SD | p-value for difference | mean | SD | mean | SD | p-value for difference | |
Radiology | 171.9 | 220.6 | 410.7 | 742.7 | < 0.0001 | 305.3 | 349.0 | 644.3 | 893.4 | < 0.0001 |
Microbiology | 41.6 | 95.0 | 62.2 | 81.9 | < 0.0001 | 59.5 | 100.1 | 102.8 | 141.6 | < 0.001 |
Radiation therapy | 21.1 | 146.4 | 223.0 | 588.0 | < 0.001 | 51.1 | 272.8 | 428.1 | 966.9 | < 0.0001 |
Laboratory tests | 124.8 | 131.5 | 236.7 | 217.0 | < 0.0001 | 207.8 | 202.5 | 358.5 | 276.7 | < 0.0001 |
Inpatient days | 1,356.8 | 883.1 | 1,728.2 | 1,236.4 | 0.014 | 1,769.7 | 1,198.4 | 2,409.2 | 1,657.4 | 0.002 |
Drugs (mainly anti-cancer therapy) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.1 | 176.1 | 0.024 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 153.6 | 643.2 | 0.001 |
Blood supplies | 76.2 | 225.3 | 125.3 | 433.1 | 0.965 | 111.5 | 291.4 | 176.9 | 550.9 | 0.546 |
Outpatient cost | 442.9 | 372.2 | 346.2 | 289.9 | 0.028 | 696.0 | 434.9 | 646.4 | 418.3 | 0.400 |
Intensive care | 0.0 | 0.0 | 81.3 | 770.4 | 0.316 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 98.0 | 854.4 | 0.246 |
Total hospital costs | 2,701.8 | 1,557.3 | 3,958.1 | 3,085.5 | < 0.0001 | 3,780.8 | 2,094.8 | 6,155.6 | 4,171.4 | < 0.0001 |