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Table 5 Mean annual health care costs and cost savings by cost groups

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

Period

Low-cost group

Medium-cost group

High-cost group

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Full sample

   

 Before KT

$51,240

($25,792)

$71,840

($22,835)

$97,450

($41,236)

 After KT

$42,400

($14,828)

$54,318

($39,739)

$71,890

($54,560)

Mean annual cost savings per patient, (95% CI)

$8839

(−$7719, $19,582)

$17,523

($10,319, $22,072)

$25,560

($16,570, $33,214)

Recipients of a deceased donor kidney

 Before KT

$55,618

($22,468)

$71,316

($24,029)

$97,488

($42,579)

 After KT

$41,178

($15,034)

$53,995

($42,125)

$74,915

($56,716)

Mean annual cost savings per patient, (95% CI)

$14,440

($4374, $21,005)

$17,321

($8986, $22,813)

$22,573

($12,940, $30,709)

Recipients of a living donor kidney

 Before KT

$74,171

($16,573)

$97,294

($36,238)

 After KT

$55,749

($27,060)

$59,473

($43,746)

Mean annual cost savings per patient, (95% CI)

$18,421

($10,664, $25,597)

$37,820

($15,092, $57,949)

  1. KT kidney transplantation, SD standard deviation, 95% confidence intervals (CI) constructed from bootstrapping with replacement