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Table 4 Mean annual health care cost savings per patient stratified by organ source

From: What are the short-term annual cost savings associated with kidney transplantation?

Cost

Full sample

Recipients of deceased donors' kidney

Recipients of living donors' kidney

Mean annual cost savings after transplantation

(95% CI) ¥

Mean annual cost savings after transplantation

(95% CI) ¥

Mean annual cost savings after transplantation

(95% CI) ¥

Annual total health care costs

$19,589

($14,013, $23,397)

$18,731

($12,118, $22,811)

$23,388

($14,557, $32,556)

Annual insured physician services

$856

($263, $1526)

$1025

($390, $1640)

$88

(−$1616, $1550)

Annual hospitalization costs

− $2422

(− $6655, $511)

− $2995

(− $8141, $522)

$112

(− $5507, $6299)

  1. ¥ 95% confidence interval (CI) constructed from bootstrapping with replacement