Table 2 Provider hospital costs; patient specific and non-specific costs (bed day costs) US$
From: The economic burden of childhood pneumococcal diseases in The Gambia
Mean LOS daysa | Costs mean, median (IQR) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient specific costs | Bed day costse | Total costsf | |||||
All drugsb | Investigations | Othersc | Subtotald | ||||
Basse | |||||||
Outpatient pneumonia n = 50 | n/a | 2.5, 1.3 (0.8–2.0) | 3.0, 3.1 (1.9–5.0) | n/a | 5.5, 4.6 (3.2–5.9) | n/a | 5.5, 4.6 (3.2–5.9) |
Inpatient pneumonia n = 94 | 4.3 | 9.0, 5.2 (3.2–10.3) | 28.2, 23.2 (21.1–26.5) | 1.3, 0 (0–1.8) | 39.0, 31.1 (26.5–41.5) | 21.8, 15.9 (15.9–26.4) | 60.9, 49.7 (43.0–72.3) |
Sepsis n = 32 | 5.7 | 11.3, 5.5 (2.5–10.1) | 48.8, 26.6 (23.2–73.0) | 0.9, 0 (0–0) | 61.0, 54.0 (27.9–82.5) | 24.9, 26.4 (15.9–27.3) | 90.9, 86.0 (54.7–121.5) |
Bacterial meningitis n = 21 | 5.1 | 15.4, 6.6 (1.2–23.2) | 85.2, 105.4 (69.9–118.0) | 3.4, 0.6 (0–2.34.0) | 104.0, 113.2 (71.1–131.5) | 27.0, 26.4 (5.3–43.3) | 131.0, 123.7 (112.3–169.2) |
RVTH | |||||||
Outpatient pneumonia n = 50 | n/a | 3.2, 1.0 (0.5–2.4) | 6.5, 5.4 (5.4–8.5) | n/a | 9.8, 7.8 (6.1–12.8) | n/a | 9.8, 7.8 (6.1–12.8) |
Inpatient pneumonia n = 81 | 7.8 | 16.8, 3.2 (1.8–7.8) | 13.3, 8.5 (5.4–8.5) | 3.6, 1.8 (0–5.4) | 33.7, 15.3 (10.3–29.4) | 34.2, 26.2 (17.5–35.0) | 68.0, 43.5 (30.7–71.8) |
Pneumococcal sepsis n = 4 | 5.0 | 9.1, 2.9 (1.1–17.0) | 11.5, 6.9 (5.4–17.6) | 9.2, 2.0 (0.8–17.6) | 29.8, 34.8 (18.4–41.2) | 21.9, 10.9 (9.4–39.3) | 51.6, 39.2 (29.3–74.0) |
Bacterial meningitis n = 8 | 6.6 | 43.3, 6.7 (3.2–37.7) | 28.4, 11.9 (5.4–56.2) | 3.5, 2.9 (0.8–6.5) | 75.2, 54.8 (16.2–98.6) | 29.0, 21.8 (13.1–37.1) | 104.2, 85.4 (35.9–120.5) |