One-year resource utilisation, costs and quality of life in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial

Table 4 Costs in different care pathways

Cost category	N	Mean (95 % CI)	Median	25th Centile	75th Centile
Hospital costs
Initial ICU stay (all patients)	795
Total cost		£26,857 (£25,222–£28,491)	£21,067	£11,654	£34,263
Daily cost		£1738 (£1667–£1810)	£1607	£1494	£1760
Post-ICU (ICU survivors)	446
Total cost		£19,195 (£15,936–£22,455)	£7380	£2673	£20,665
Daily cost		£732 (£643–£821)	£297	£297	£1476
Hospital stay (all patients)	795
Total cost		£37,626 (£34,866–£40,385)	£25,013	£13,991	£46,802
Daily cost		£1446 (£1406–£1486)	£1516	£1051	£1711
Post-hospital costs (1-year survivors)
Costs to the NHS^a	169	£3935 (£2917–£4953)	£1676	£554	£5000
Costs to the patient and their carers^b	91	£3556 (£2332–£4780)	£395	0	£5411
Patient OOP expenses	169	£93 (£9.6–£176.4)	£0	£0	£0
Patient lost earnings	169	£2836 (£1856–£3816)	£0	£0	£2500
Carer OOP expenses	95	£565 (£305–£824)	£18	£0	£270
Carer lost earnings	93	£503 (£153–£854)	£0	£0	£0
Costs at 1 year (all patients)^c	795	£44,077 (£41,168–£46,985)	£31,533	£20,415	£53,786
Costs at 1 year (1-year survivors)^c	388	£54,759 (£50,357–£59,162)	£42,244	£29,170	£63,319
Cost per 1-year survivor^d	388	£90,206 (£84,536–£96,134)

^aBased on 170 patients with questionnaires completed at both 6 and 12 months
^bBased on 95 carers with questionnaires completed at both 6 and 12 months and based on 91 patients/carer questionnaires with complete information
^cPost-hospital costs for patients with incomplete information at 6 months and/or 12 months were imputed
^dSum of costs among all patients, divided by the number of survivors

ISSN: 2052-0492