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Table 7 Length of stay and costs of intensive care in the twelve sample hospital

From: Epidemiology and hospitalization costs of chronic kidney disease in Romania

Hospital type

Nr. of cases admitted to ICU (% of all cases by hospital type)

Mean LoS at ICU (days)a

Mean LoS at ICU (days)b

Median LoS at ICU (IQR)2

Mean cost per day at ICU (€)

Mean ICU cost per case (€)

% ICU of total costs

University hospital

2 319 (20.3)

0.2

1.2

0 (0-0.3)

538.2

695.5

16.2

County hospital

623 (13.2)

0.4

3.0

1.3 (0.2-4)

668.5

1 984.1

26.0

City hospital

285 (10.3)

0.4

4.2

2 (0.8-5.7)

296.0

1 256.0

18.0

Total

3 227 (17.0)

0.3

1.8

0 (0-1.4)

550.7

993.6

19.2

  1. ICU intensive care unit, LoS length of stay, IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation
  2. acalculated from all cases; bcalculated from cases that had been admitted to the ICU