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Table 4 Comparative direct and indirect costs of traditional tissue cultures, sonication and MicroDTTect with four different mitigation factors

From: Cost-benefit analysis of antibiofilm microbiological techniques for peri-prosthetic joint infection diagnosis

 

Tissue culture

Sonication

MicroDTT

Total cost of wrong diagnosis

€ 1610,790.72

€ 1455,977.02

€ 749,309.10

Mitigation factor

1%

Total effective cost of wrong diagnosis (100 patients)

€ 16,107.91

€ 14,559.77

€ 7493.09

Effective cost of wrong diagnosis per patient

€ 161.08

€ 145.60

€ 74.93

Direct cost

€ 307.50

€ 397.00

€ 393.00

Total effective cost per patient

€ 468.58

€ 542.60

€ 467.93

Mitigation factor

2%

Total effective cost of wrong diagnosis (100 patients)

€ 32,215.81

€ 29,119.54

€ 14,986.18

Effective cost of wrong diagnosis per patient

€ 322.16

€ 291.20

€ 149.86

Direct cost

€ 307.50

€ 397.00

€ 393.00

Total effective cost per patient

€ 629.66

€ 688.20

€ 542.86

Mitigation factor

10%

Total effective cost of wrong diagnosis (100 patients)

€ 161,079.07

€ 145,597.70

€ 74,930.91

Effective cost of wrong diagnosis per patient

€ 1610.79

€ 1455.98

€ 749.31

Direct cost

€ 307.50

€ 397.00

€ 393.00

Total effective cost per patient

€ 1918.29

€ 1852.98

€ 1142.31

Mitigation factor

20%

Total effective cost of wrong diagnosis (100 patients)

€ 322,158.14

€ 291,195.40

€ 149,861.82

Effective cost of wrong diagnosis per patient

€ 3221.58

€ 2911.95

€ 1498.62

Direct cost

€ 307.50

€ 397.00

€ 393.00

Total effective cost per patient

€ 3529.08

€ 3308.95

€ 1891.62