Resource utilisation | Unit cost (Dfl) | Average cost/patient | p Value | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stent (n=112) | Balloon (n=115) | Stent (n=112) | Balloon (n=115) | ||||||
In hospital costs | |||||||||
PTCA procedure | 1 | 1 | 8535 | 8535 | 8535 | 1 | |||
Stent | 1.17 | 0.24 | 2200 | 2573 | 535 | 0.0001 | |||
IABP | 0.16 | 0.13 | 1300 | 221 | 170 | 0.5 | |||
Angiography | 0.02 | 0.03 | 3882 | 69 | 135 | 0.43 | |||
CABG | 0.02 | 0.01 | 26052 | 465 | 227 | 0.55 | |||
Repeat PTCA | 0.01 | 0.04 | 8535 | 76 | 371 | 0.11 | |||
CCU (days) | 2.42 | 2.2 | 2200 | 5323 | 4840 | 0.82 | |||
Ward (days) | 5.28 | 4.77 | 800 | 4221 | 3812 | 0.18 | |||
Total cost | 21484 | 18625 | 0.0001 | ||||||
Follow up costs | |||||||||
Angiography | 0.88 | 0.85 | 3882 | 3397 | 3308 | 0.53 | |||
CABG | 0.04 | 0.14 | 26052 | 930 | 3624 | 0.006 | |||
Repeat PTCA | 0.10 | 0.14 | 8535 | 836 | 1187 | 0.15 | |||
Stent | 0.03 | 0.12 | 2200 | 59 | 268 | 0.012 | |||
IABP | 0.01 | 0 | 1300 | 12 | 0 | 0.31 | |||
CCU (days) | 0.29 | 0.59 | 2200 | 648 | 1301 | 0.018 | |||
Ward (days) | 3.94 | 4.62 | 800 | 3150 | 3694 | 0.34 | |||
Follow up visits | 4.10 | 3.91 | 125 | 512 | 489 | 0.58 | |||
Echo | 0.19 | 0.22 | 128 | 24 | 28 | 0.29 | |||
Stress test | 0.71 | 0.84 | 115 | 81 | 97 | 0.26 | |||
EF | 0.88 | 0.96 | 325 | 287 | 311 | 0.56 | |||
Total cost | 9939 | 14308 | 0.028 | ||||||
Total cost per patient | 31423 | 32933 | 0.83 |
CABG, bypass surgery; CCU, coronary or intensive care; echo, echocardiography; EF, radionuclide ejection fraction; IABP, intra-aortic balloon pumping; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.