Bedside Percutaneous Tracheostomy versus Open Surgical Tracheostomy in Non-ICU Patients

Table 4

Economic rationale of PDT technique versus open surgical method in operating room (mean ± SD).

	Group 1 (Outreach ICU) (𝑛=70)	Group 2 (open) (𝑛=443)	P value
Staff and operating room resource cost* (US $ per procedure)	70 ± 10	340 ± 20	<0.0001*
Tracheostomy set*** cost (US $ per procedure)	201 ± 10	121 ± 10	<0.05*
Fee charges^# (US $ per procedure)	67 ± 10	100 ± 10	>0.05
Total balance (US $ per procedure)	338 ± 10	561 ± 10	<0.01*

*Staff and operating room resources have been estimated by cost of staff time per procedure in the operating room and per procedure in the ward. In spite of the significant difference in length of procedure between both study groups (“length of resources utilization”, group 1: 20 ± 8.5 minutes and group 2: 77.5 ± 14.7 minutes) the estimating cost of staff time per procedure was also different.
** P < 0.05 defined as statistically significant.
***Tracheostomy set has relative similarity and homogeneity for every case of open surgical tracheostomy or percutaneous bedside tracheostomy.
^#The fee charges represent daily municipally resources as water, electricity, and so forth per procedure. This parameter also depends on the time of procedure.