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Table 4 Comparison of costs, LOS and mortality rate in patients with and without HAIs

From: Incremental costs of hospital-acquired infections in COVID-19 patients in an adult intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital from a low-resource setting

Variable

no HAI

(n = 158)

HAI

(n = 56)

p

Total costs, €

1650.4 (237–9700.0)

4203.2 (1347–13,792)

< 0.001

 Materials

106.5 (7.5-478.5)

282.0 (52.7-1073.4)

< 0.001

 Services

423.3 (82.8-1488.4)

807.8 (326.1-2587.7)

< 0.001

 Laboratory testing

169.7 (7.8-761.7)

341.5 (144.6-1351.6)

< 0.001

 Occupancy costs

131.4 (39.4–736.0)

249.7 (78.9-1038.4)

< 0.001

 Medications

728.2 (50.1-6835.7)

2284.1 (455.9-9205.4)

< 0.001

  Antibiotics

130.2 (0.0-1089.0)

485.1 (66.0-3047.4)

< 0.001

  Non-antibiotics

568.6 (30.9-6588.1)

1633.9 (258.9-8406.7)

< 0.001

LOS (days)

10.0 (3–55)

18.5 (6–80)

< 0.001

ICU Mortality

81 (51.3%)

50 (89.3%)

< 0.001

  1. HAI – hospital acquired infection; LOS – length of stay.