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Table 3 Cost breakdown for high-cost and non-high-cost users admitted to the ICU

From: Characteristics and resource utilization of high-cost users in the intensive care unit: a population-based cohort study

Variables

High-cost (n = 37,006)

Non-high Cost (n = 333,055)

Standardized Difference

Inpatient Hospital Costs

$153,348 ($152,145–$154,552)

$25,620 ($25,547–$25,693)

1.50

Inpatient Mental Health Costs

$2473 ($2265–$2682)

$285 ($274–$296)

0.15

ED Costs

$1625 ($1604–$1646)

$916 ($912–$920)

0.42

Outpatient Dialysis Costs

$7585 ($7352–$7818)

$397 ($379–$414)

0.43

Outpatient Cancer Costs

$1613 ($1527–$1699)

$774 ($759–$789)

0.12

Same Day Surgery Costs

$662 ($639–$686)

$676 ($669–$683)

0.01

CCC Costs

$20,154 ($19,679–$20,628)

$809 ($791–$827)

0.58

LTC Costs

$2607 ($2517–$2698)

$1057 ($1035–$1078)

0.20

Rehab Costs

$11,127 ($10,895–$11,358)

$1716 ($1693–$1740)

0.56

Home Care Services Costs

$6016 ($5883–$6150)

$2016 ($1999–$2033)

0.40

Hospital Outpatient Clinic Costs

$3662 ($3628–$3696)

$1516 ($1511–$1522)

0.81

Total FFS Visits

$22,176 ($22,019–$22,334)

$6736 ($6721–$6752)

1.35

Non-FFS ED Visits

$7.91 ($7.49–$8.33)

$4.64 ($4.55–$4.72)

0.10

Non-FFS GP Visits

$10.7 ($10.4–$11.0)

$13.7 ($13.6–$13.8)

0.11

Non-FFS Medical Oncology Visits

$105 ($97–$112)

$48.2 ($46.9–$49.5)

0.10

Non-FFS Radiation Oncology Visits

$27.3 ($25.9–$28.6)

$15.6 ($15.3–$15.9)

0.11

Other Non-FFS Visits

$487 ($471–$503)

$220 ($218–$222)

0.23

OHIP Non-Physician Costs

$59.2 ($56.6–$61.8)

$43.1 ($42.4–$43.9)

0.07

OHIP Lab Costs

$179 ($176–$182)

$175 ($174–$176)

0.01

ODB Drug Costs

$4156 ($3984–$4328)

$1952 ($1937–$1966)

0.18

Physician Capitation Costs

$151 ($149–$153)

$165 ($164–$165)

0.08

Total Healthcare Costs

$238,231 ($237,020–$239,442)

$45,155 ($45,046–$45,264)

2.22

  1. All costs are represented as mean (95% confidence interval). Costs are accumulated in the year following the date of the index ICU admission (including the admission itself). All costs are expressed in CDN ($), adjusted to 2018 prices
  2. ED emergency department, OHIP Ontario Health Insurance Plan, ODB Ontario Drug Benefit, CCC complex continuing care, LTC long term care, FFS fee-for-service, GP general practitioner