Table 4 Top 10 most frequent and top 10 most expensive resource items with prices in euro
Resource | Mean frequency per patient | Price per item (in euro) | |
|---|---|---|---|
10 Most frequent resource items | |||
1 | Tissue obtainment (microbiology and clinical chemistry) | 18.1 | 13.73 |
2 | Antibodies against any pathogen by using complement fixation test of haemagglutination inhibition essay | 10.4 | 4.84 |
3 | General ward nursing (one day) | 9.4 | 375.00 |
4 | Sodium | 8.2 | 1.76 |
5 | Potassium | 8.2 | 1.76 |
6 | Creatinine | 6.6 | 1.76 |
7 | Glucose | 6.4 | 1.76 |
8 | Leukocytes | 6.1 | 1.76 |
9 | C-reactive protein | 6.0 | 4.84 |
10 | Urea | 5.9 | 1.76 |
10 Most expensive resource items | |||
1 | Intensive care unit nursing (one day) | 0.6 | 1,730.00 |
2 | Surgical treatment of thorax empyema | 0.2 | 1,084.75 |
3 | Laryngoscopy | 0.0 | 999.00 |
4 | Microbiological determination on isolated DNA/RNA | 0.0 | 867.61 |
5 | General ward nursing (one day) | 9.4 | 375.00 |
6 | Flexible bronchoscopy | 0.2 | 209.25 |
7 | DNA/RNA amplification (qualitative) | <0.1 | 208.60 |
8 | Computer tomography of thorax | 0.2 | 195.83 |
9 | Immunopathologic research | <0.1 | 109.57 |
10 | Computer tomography airways | <0.1 | 160.01 |