Economic Analysis of a Pediatric Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Prevention Initiative in Nicaragua

Table 3

Effects of a 1% increase in input variables on incremental cost effectiveness ratio.

Variable	% Variation	Direction; (cost effectiveness of QI intervention)
LOS (VAP)	1.82	Increase
CFR for VAP	1.33	Increase
Cost of hospital bed	1.13	Increase
Length of stay (non-VAP)	0.60	Decrease
CFR (non-VAP)	0.22	Decrease
Incidence of VAP postcollaborative	0.22	Decrease
Cost of antibiotics	0.10	Increase
Number of cultures (VAP)	0.08	Increase
Cost of cultures	0.08	Increase
Number of cultures (non-VAP)	0.07	Decrease
Cost of QI intervention	0.07	Decrease