Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 4 Mean direct hospital costs (in euros) per patient ± SD
Hospital resource | Group A | Group S | Group S/Group A | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Operating room equipment and implants | 10,620 ± 5938 | 18,367 ± 9029 | 1.7 | 0.0001 |
Operative time and staff | 4529 ± 1522 | 9458 ± 7533 | 2.1 | 0.0001 |
Hospital stay | 6901 ± 4796 | 21,442 ± 7522 | 3.1 | 0.0001 |
Material services | 2122 ± 1285 | 5284 ± 1782 | 2.5 | 0.0001 |
Blood products | 1668 ± 1980 | 2421 ± 1208 | 1.4 | 0.04 |
Pharmacy | 1354 ± 6076 | 3422 ± 6584 | 2.5 | 0.14 |
Total | 27,194 ± 5122 | 60,394 ± 15886 | 2.2 | 0.0001 |