Table 2 Comparison of costs for operative vs. non-operative treatment for ASO
From: In-hospital costs of an admission for adhesive small bowel obstruction
Operative | Non operative | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Operation – anesthesia time | € 2 684.71 | € 1 434.29 | NA | NA | |
Operation – materials | € 259.90 | €148.74 | NA | NA | |
Medication | € 634.13 | € 816.08 | € 99.34 | € 93.17 | 0.011 |
Feeding | € 1 797.37 | € 2 069.71 | € 91.65 | € 288.56 | 0.002 |
Blood products | € 31.74 | € 100.79 | € 0 | € 0 | |
Radiology | € 510.00 | € 467.70 | € 154.92 | € 159.88 | 0.003 |
Laboratory | € 324.49 | € 223.20 | € 69.82 | € 38.94 | 0.00 |
Microbiology | € 69.70 | € 98.10 | € 11.06 | € 37.34 | 0.023 |
Ward | € 7 855.74 | € 6 881.54 | € 1 850.47 | € 913.92 | 0.001 |
ICU | € 2 183.00 | € 4 304.93 | € 0 | € 0 | |
Total | € 16 304.92 | € 2 513.07 | € 2 277.27 | € 265.34 | <0.001 |