Characteristics, Outcomes, and Cost Patterns of High-Cost Patients in the Intensive Care Unit

Table 2

Cost comparison by high-cost status (Canadian dollars (CDN)).

Cost breakdown	High cost ()	Non-high cost ()	value
Total cost per patient, median CDN (IQR)	196,766	27,120
Direct cost per patient, median CDN (IQR)	148,328 (114,008–224,611)	20,407 (10,977–37,750)
Cost per day, median CDN (IQR)	3,213 (2,313–4,549)	2,883 (2,079–3,919)	<0.001
Cost per day, mean CDN (SD)	3,645 (1,915)	3,327 (2,159)	<0.001
Direct cost allocation (%)
Endoscopy	0.2	0.2
Food services	2.2	2.1
Health professional services	3.4	2.4
Imaging	2.8	3.8
Laboratory	4.0	5.6
Nursing	36.4	24.8
Operating room	2.0	5.4
Pharmacy	7.5	5.4
Postanaesthetic care unit	0.2	0.5
Intensive Care Unit	41.3	49.6

SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range.