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Table 4 Estimated HRG Costs for patients in the Baseline and Post-Intervention period (£)

From: Using technology to reduce critical deterioration (the DETECT study): a cost analysis of care costs at a tertiary children's hospital in the United Kingdom

Codea

HRG

National average unit cost (£)

Baseline (£)

Intervention (£)

Change (£)

Change (%)

XB01Z

Advanced Critical Care 5

4 491.84

305 444.84

341 379.52

35 934.69

12%

XB02Z

Advanced Critical Care 4

3 808.28

213 263.41

64 740.68

-148 522.73

-70%

XB03Z

Advanced Critical Care 3

2 844.61

648 571.91

514 875.07

-133 696.84

-21%

XB04Z

Advanced Critical Care 2

2 673.76

1 692 490.55

1 569 497.55

-122 992.99

-7%

XB05Z

Advanced Critical Care 1

2 224.96

2 042 515.56

1 704 321.27

-338 194.30

-17%

XB06Z

Intermediate Critical Care

1 867.66

2 902 347.85

2 413 020.22

-489 327.63

-17%

XB07Z

Basic Critical Care

1 572.52

287 771.33

367 969.90

80 198.57

28%

XB09Z

Enhanced Care

1 023.38

155 554.22

188 302.48

32 748.26

21%

 

Total

 

8 247 959.66

7 164 106.68

-1 083 852.98

-13%

  1. aHRG codes are ordered from the most complex critical care admissions (XB01Z) to the least complex one (XB09Z)