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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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” …

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 …

Objective. To define the different types of costs incurred in the care of critically ill patients
and to describe some of the most commonly used methods for measuring and allocating …

Objectives: To analyse the patient-related and non-patient-related costs of intensive care
using an activity-based costing methodology. Design: A retrospective cost analysis of 68 …