Table 3 Patient costs by intervention group
From: Intravenous-to-oral antibiotic switch therapy: a cross-sectional study in critical care units
Costs | No oral switch | Oral switch | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | IQR (25–75) | Median | IQR (25–75) | ||
Ward | 474.7 | (172.6–1122.1) | 517.9 | (258.9–1122.1) | 0.099 |
Total hospital | 3010.6 | (2090.3–5032.1) | 2742.3 | (2003.9–3847.2) | 0.063 |
ICU | 2358.5 | (1572.3–3930.9) | 1965.4 | (1474.1–2849.9) | 0.027 |
Antibiotics | 22.7 | (10.1–64.6) | 10.2 | (6.4–36.4) | < 0.001 |
Workload | 8.6 | (6.1–12.3) | 3.6 | (2.4–4.9) | < 0.001 |
Consumables | 23.0 | (2.7–52.3) | 1.75 | (0.8–4.9) | < 0.001 |