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Daily cost of an intensive care unit day: The contribution of mechanical ventilation*

Critical Care Medicine · 2005 · Vol. 33(6) · pp. 1266–1271

Joseph F. Dasta✉(The Ohio State University)Trent P. McLaughlinSamir H. ModyCatherine Tak Piech

Abstract

Intensive care unit costs are highest during the first 2 days of admission, stabilizing at a lower level thereafter. Mechanical ventilation is associated with significantly higher daily costs for patients receiving treatment in the intensive care unit throughout their entire intensive care unit stay. Interventions that result in reduced intensive care unit length of stay and/or duration of mechanical ventilation could lead to substantial reductions in total inpatient cost.

Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicineMechanical ventilationIntensive care unitIntensive careEmergency medicineRetrospective cohort studyVentilation (architecture)CohortCohort studyIntensive care medicine

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overCost AllocationFemaleHumansIntensive Care UnitsLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedRespiration, ArtificialRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsUnited StatesCohort Studies

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