Table 4 Breakdown of Stroke costs by DRG for each hospital
COST CATEGORIES* | Mean (SD) Costs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospital A | Hospital B | Hospital C | Hospital D | P-value | |
B70A (STROKE + CCC) | |||||
Medical Ward | 817 (556) | 1,436 (912) | 1,335 (1,085) | 747 (532) | <0.001 |
Nursing Ward | 5,222 (4,595) | 6,480 (4,994) | 4,964 (4,628) | 2,376 (2,243) | <0.001 |
Allied Health | 1,406 (1,100) | 799 (439) | 951 (811) | 362 (312) | <0.001 |
Imaging | 437 (254) | 483 (331) | 556 (480) | 277 (273) | <0.001 |
Pathology | 251 (164) | 534 (473) | 627 (512) | 180 (228) | <0.001 |
Pharmacy | 381 (362) | 489 (315) | 389 (567) | 208 (145) | 0.006 |
ICU | 63 (405) | 145 (777) | 492 (2,215) | 100 (623) | NS |
B70B (STROKE + SCC) | |||||
Medical Ward | 503 (355) | 925 (736) | 715 (638) | 693 (487) | <0.001 |
Nursing Ward | 2,461 (2,862) | 3,356 (3,406) | 2,365 (2,848) | 1,588 (1,213) | 0.006 |
Allied Health | 994 (787) | 532 (421) | 555 (458) | 238 (202) | <0.001 |
Imaging | 380 (238) | 419 (304) | 381 (340) | 240 (237) | 0.005 |
Pathology | 179 (235) | 276 (241) | 295 (192) | 128 (114) | <0.001 |
Pharmacy | 239 (254) | 340 (283) | 180 (290) | 183 (115) | <0.001 |
ICU | 440 (2,796) | 152 (857) | 100 (516) | 30 (220) | NS |
B70C (STROKE -CSCC) | |||||
Medical Ward | 337 (317) | 476 (699) | 396 (338) | 462 (404) | NS |
Nursing Ward | 1,092 (1,134) | 1,355 (2,255) | 1,010 (1,301) | 908 (894) | NS |
Allied Health | 504 (636) | 240 (227) | 235 (284) | 114 (181) | <0.001 |
Imaging | 318 (251) | 376 (341) | 407 (421) | 229 (286) | 0.039 |
Pathology | 103 (65) | 174 (184) | 223 (156) | 97 (137) | <0.001 |
Pharmacy | 140 (166) | 207 (289) | 168 (430) | 116 (94) | NS |
ICU | 30 (240) | 0 (0) | 40 (223) | 37 (145) | NS |