Additional saturday occupational therapy for adults receiving inpatient physiotherapy rehabilitation: a prospective cohort study

Table 6 Cost Analysis; Multidisciplinary Saturday rehabilitation

Parameters	Values (AUD2020)
Patients in intervention group	192
Reduction in mean LOS, days (mean ± SD)	1.39 ± 0.77
Reduction in total LOS for Intervention group, (days)	266.9
Cost per rehabilitation bed-day, (AUD, mean ± SD)[32, 33]	$1,144 ± $305
Total savings (Cost per bed-day x Reduction in total LOS)	$305,328
Costs for Saturday Rehabilitation
Intervention group	$23,180
Control group	$12,784
Net Cost (Intervention – Control)	$ 10,396
Net Savings (Total savings – Net cost)	294,932
Net Savings per patient	$1,536

Cost per rehabilitation bed-day was reported in AUD(201)4 [32] using DRG code Z60Z from “Cost weights for AR-DRG Version 7.0 Round 18 (2013–14) Public Sector Sample DRG” (mean cost / mean LOS) and adjusted to 2020 Australian dollars (AUD) using the Australian consumer price index [32, 33]. Treatment costs reported as AUD(2016) in Table 5 were adjusted to AUD(2020) in Table 6 using the Australian consumer price index [32] Abbreviations, LOS length of stay, SD standard deviation

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