Prospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2016.
World J Crit Care Med. May 4, 2016; 5(2): 150-164
Published online May 4, 2016. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v5.i2.150
Figure 6
Figure 6 Cost effectiveness measures (costs per hospital survivor, costs per quality adjusted life year saved by the hospital treatment) and hospital mortality, presented depending on the diagnostic category. The highest mortality had patients admitted for the treatment of status epilepticus, hypercapnic acute respiratory failure, acute renal failure and sepsis. The highest costs were with the neuromuscular ARF and the sepsis diagnostic category. ARF: Acute respiratory failure; QALY: Quality adjusted life year.