Pancreatic stone protein point-of-care testing can reduce healthcare expenditure in sepsis

Health Economics Review

Table 4 National estimates

	Cost of Care per Patient (USD)	Estimated National Cost of Care (USD)^a
Overall
True Sepsis^b
Standard of Care	24,023	40.8 billion
PSP	22,177	37.7 billion
Potential Savings	1847	3.1 billion
Monitoring Non-Septic Patients^c
Standard of Care	7907	19.4 billion
PSP	6329	15.5 billion
Potential Savings	1578	3.9 billion
Total Potential Savings (National level)		7.0 billion
ED and General Ward
True Sepsis^b
Standard of Care	22,149	37.7 billion
PSP	20,445	34.8 billion
Potential Savings	1704	2.9 billion
Monitoring Non-Septic Patients^c
Standard of Care	6781	16.6 billion
PSP	5234	12.8 billion
Potential Savings	1547	3.8 billion
Total Potential Savings (National level)		6.7 billion
ICU
True Sepsis^b
Standard of Care	25,775	3.5 billion
PSP	24,243	3.3 billion
Potential Savings	1532	208.3 million
Monitoring Non-Septic Patients^c
Standard of Care	15,331	623 million
PSP	15,118	614 million
Potential Savings	213	8.7 million
Total Potential Savings (National level)		217.0 million

^a1.7 million * cost of care per septic patient for ED model; 2.4 million * cost of monitoring per non-septic patient for ED model; 136,000 * cost of care per septic patient for ICU model; 40,623* cost of monitoring per non-septic patient for ICU model
^bTrue positive, false negative
^cFalse positive, true negative

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