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    Variations in expenditure between adult general intensive care units in the UK (2001)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Anaesthesia 56 (2001), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-2044
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: This paper presents the findings from the second pilot study of the cost block method in 21 adult general intensive care units (ICUs). The aim of this study was to explore the possible reasons for the variation in cost identified in a previous pilot study of 11 ICUs. Data were collected for the six cost blocks for the financial year 1996/97. Multivariate analysis showed that 93% of the variation in expenditure on disposable equipment could be explained by the number of ICU beds, the number of admissions and the presence of a high-dependency unit (HDU). Ninety-two per cent of the variation in nursing staff expenditure was explained by the number of ICU beds and the presence of an HDU. Hospital type and the number of patient days explained 76% of the variation in expenditure on consultant staff. Sixty-four per cent of the variation in drug and fluid expenditure was explained by the number of patient days.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.2001.01716.x
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    The development of a method for comparative costing of individual intensive care units (1999)
    Oxford : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Anaesthesia 54 (1999), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-2044
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Intensive care is one of the most costly areas of hospital care. Unfortunately, because of the diversity of case mix, costing intensive care is difficult. Many described costing methods previously are limited by being cumbersome, laborious to apply and expensive. The aim of this study was to develop a method for costing intensive care which can be applied with ease but facilitate meaningful cost comparisons between intensive care units. The method developed was based on cost blocks where the major components were identified and costed in a ‘top-down’ manner. Using strict definitions, the cost blocks attempted to measure the costs of equipment, estates, nonclinical support services (such as hospital management costs), clinical support services (such as physiotherapy, laboratory services), consumables (such as drugs, fluids and disposables) and staff. The study found that clinical support services, consumables and staff costs accounted for approximately 85% of the total costs.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00650.x
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    Descriptive patient data as an explanation for the variation in average daily costs in intensive care (2001)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Anaesthesia 56 (2001), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-2044
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Intensive care patients require therapy that can vary considerably in type, duration and cost, so making it extremely difficult to predict patient resource use. Few studies measure actual costs; usually average daily costs are calculated and these do not reflect the variation in resource use between individual patients. The aim of this study was to analyse a data set of 193 critically ill adult patients to look for associations between routinely collected descriptive data and patient-specific costs. Regression analysis was used to explore any relationships between average daily patient-specific costs and the following variables: duration of intensive care unit stay, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores in the first 24 h, gender, age, mechanical ventilation at any point during the stay, postoperative status, emergency admission and mortality. Overall, this analysis explained 33.6% of the variation in average daily costs. The additional costs of an extra day of care, mechanical ventilation, an extra point on the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, and survival were obtained.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.2001.02052.x
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    A reply (2002)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science, Ltd
    Anaesthesia 57 (2002), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-2044
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.2002.2470_4.x
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    Evaluation of proposed casemix criteria as a basis for costing patients in the adult general intensive care unit (1998)
    Oxford : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Anaesthesia 53 (1998), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-2044
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: This study analyses the relationship between the actual patient-related costs of care calculated for 145 patients admitted sequentially to an adult general intensive care unit and a number of factors obtained from a previously described consensus of opinion study. The factors identified in the study were suggested as potential descriptors for the casemix in an intensive care unit that could be used to predict the costs of care. Significant correlations between the costs of care and severity of illness, workload and length of stay were found but these failed to predict the costs of care with sufficient accuracy to be used in isolation to define isoresource groups in the intensive care unit. No associations between intensive care unit mortality, reason for admission and intensive care unit treatments and costs of care were found. Based on these results, it seems that casemix descriptors and isoresource groups for the intensive care unit that would allow costs to be predicted cannot be defined in terms of single factors.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00576.x
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