The primary objective of this study was to estimate the actual daily costs of intensive care
unit stay using a microcosting methodology. As a secondary objective, the degree of …

Background. Intensive care services are one of the largest cost drivers in a hospital.
Increasing life expectancy and comorbidities have resulted in an increased need for …

Amendment Act 1992. The annual survey for collecting these data is completed by ICU
heads of department or their nominated representatives. 2 We analysed data for Australian …

Objective We examined the relationship between major ICU characteristics and labour cost
per patient. Design Four-week prospective data collection, in which the hours spent by each …

Objective To prospectively assess the cost of patients in an adult intensive care unit (ICU)
using bottom-up costing methodology and evaluate the usefulness of “severity of illness” …

Objective The present study aimed to determine the profit/loss ratio and the service costs in
intensive care unit (ICU) based on the length of ICU stay. Methods This retrospective study …

Critical care services are an identified, resource-intensive component of health-care
provision. Examining cost containment and clinical effectiveness in this specialty is therefore …

Background Intensive care units (ICUs) are a costly resource. They are oversubscribed and
the treatments they offer are expensive and labour intensive. Resources within the NHS are …

We determined the direct cost of an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bed in a tertiary referral
Australian ICU and the cost drivers thereof, by retrospectively analysing a number of …

Objective: Our objective was to identify, among the information routinely collected on
patients in intensive care units (ICUs), data that determine the total cost for a given patient …