Table 3 Concentration of direct inpatient spending and resource utilization among high cost patients
From: Clinical characteristics and preventable acute care spending among a high cost inpatient population
All | Top 1 % | Top 5 % | |
|---|---|---|---|
(n = 36,892) | (n = 369) | (n = 1844) | |
Direct Inpatient Spending ($) | 321,556,160 | 49,147,104 | 122,454,872 |
Percentage of total inpatient spending (%) | 100.0 | 15.3 | 38.1 |
Average direct cost per patient $ (SD) | 8,716 (17,646) | 133,190 (57,739) | 66,407 (44,326) |
Resource Utilization (proportion of direct inpatient spending) % | |||
Endoscopy | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Food Services | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
Health Professionals | 5.0 | 9.4 | 7.7 |
Imaging | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
Laboratory | 7.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
Nursing | 45.7 | 33.7 | 40.2 |
Operating Room | 8.7 | 2.0 | 3.1 |
Operating Room Implants | 4.2 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
Pharmacy | 6.7 | 8.7 | 8.4 |
Post-anesthesia Care Unit | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
Special Care Unit | 14.4 | 34.0 | 26.3 |
Direct inpatient spending attributable to ALC days $(%) | $15,789,200 (4.9 %) | $3,985,800 (8.1 %) | $11,140,500 (9.1 %) |