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Table 5 Overall and by-component, per-patient costs expressed in Euros

From: Retrospective epidemiological study for the characterization of community- acquired pneumonia and pneumococcal pneumonia in adults in a well-defined area of Badalona (Barcelona, Spain)

 

Outpatientsa N=340

Inpatients N=241

Total N=581

p

% Total cost

Medical visits

Primary care

65.48

46.42

57.57

<0.001

4.2

Specialist

95.74

185.61

133.02

<0.001

9.7

Emergency room

71.73

7.17

44.95

<0.001

3.3

Test

     

Laboratory tests

10.42

10.98

10.65

NS

0.8

Conventional radiology

14.89

8.28

12.15

<0.001

0.9

Complementary tests

2.36

3.48

2.82

NS

0.2

Pharmacological treatments

65.65

78.66

71.05

0.002

5.2

Hospitalizations

0.00

2006.45

832.28

 

60.9

Hospital admission

0.00

1625.22

674.15

 

49.3

Readmission

0.00

381.23

158.13

 

11.6

Direct costs

326.25

2,347.05

1,164.49

<0.001

85.2

Indirect costs

260.23

118.60

201.48

0.009

14.8

Total costs

586.48

2,465.65

1,365.97

<0.001

100

  1. aOutpatient: includes patients diagnosed in primary care centres and emergency rooms at hospitals.