Objective The aim of this study was to determine the actual cost per intensive care unit (ICU)
day in Germany based on routine data from an electronic patient data management system …

Introduction Intensive care unit (ICU) costs account for up to 20% of a hospital's costs. We
aimed to analyse the individual patient-related cost of intensive care at various hospital …

Objectives The objective of the present study was to measure and compare the direct costs
of intensive care unit (ICU) days at seven ICU departments in Germany, Italy, the …

Objective The study presents the findings of the first National Intensive Care Cost Block
Analysis in Hungary. Methods There were 13 Intensive Care Units (ICUs) involved in this …

Background Given the variability of intensive care unit (ICU) costs in different countries and
the importance of this information for guiding clinicians to effective treatment and to the …

Intensive care unit (ICU) costs account for a great part of a hospital's expenses. The
objective of the present study was to measure the patient-specific cost of ICU treatment, to …

Objectives To estimate the daily cost of intensive care unit (ICU) stays via micro-costing.
Methods A multicentre, prospective, observational, cost analysis study was carried out …

Objective To assess patterns of intensive care reimbursement practices. Methods A detailed
questionnaire about basic intensive care unit (ICU) characteristics and ICU reimbursement …

Objective. To describe the activities carried out by the staff of Italian ICUs and to quantify the
amount of working time devoted to ICU patients. Design and setting. Prospective …

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 …