Table 5 Comparison of hospital costs stratified by number of HAI episodes
Variable | no HAI (n = 158) | 1 HAI (n = 37) | p a | ≥ 2 HAIs (n = 19) | pb | p c |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total costs, € | 1650.4 (237–9700.0) | 3343.4 (1474.0-12211.0) | < 0.001 | 7336.9 (1347.0-13792.0) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Services | 423.3 (82.8-1488.4) | 682.7 (326.1-1513.5) | < 0.001 | 1253.0 (503.7-2587.7) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Materials | 106.5 (7.5-478.5) | 232.7 (52.7-527.7) | < 0.001 | 342.8 (101.1-1073.4) | < 0.001 | 0.005 |
Laboratory testing | 169.7 (7.8-761.7) | 305.5 (149.8-896.8) | < 0.001 | 444.8 (144-6-1351.6) | < 0.001 | 0.027 |
Occupancy cost | 131.4 (39.4–736.0) | 210.3 (78.9-657.2) | 0.004 | 407.4 (118.3-1038.4) | < 0.001 | 0.001 |
Medications | 728.2 (50.1-6835.7) | 1793.3 (493.7-9205.4) | < 0.001 | 4067.7 (455-9-8446.1) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Antibiotics | 130.2 (0.0-1089.0) | 358.1 (66.0-1296.3) | < 0.001 | 1226.7 (197.1-3047.4) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Non-antibiotic drugs | 568.6 (30.9-6588.1) | 1430.2 (326.4-8406.7) | < 0.001 | 2306.4 (258.9-7437.4) | < 0.001 | 0.002 |
LOS (days) | 10.0 (3–55) | 16.0 (6–55) | 0.003 | 31.0 (9–80) | < 0.001 | 0.001 |
Mortality | 81 (51.3%) | 35 (94.6%) | < 0.001 | 15 (78.9%) | < 0.001 | 0.079 |