Table 2 Average patient costs ($) per LVAD phase, cost drivers per phase and average total costs ($) for 20 VentrAssist™ LVAD and 9 HW HeartWare™LVAD
From: Hospital costs fell as numbers of LVADs were increasing: experiences from Oslo University Hospital
Total costs in $ (range) | ||
|---|---|---|
20 VentrAssist ™ LVAD | 9 HeartWare™LVADs | |
Pre-LVAD phase | 186, 467 (6, 000- 586, 421) | 63, 963 (9,738- 187, 097) |
Cost drivers % | ||
Personnel | 63 | 43 |
ECMO procedure | 23 | 42 |
Blood | 9 | 6 |
Drugs | 1 | 1 |
Laboratory/radiology | 4 | 8 |
Sum | 100 | 100 |
LVAD phase | 378, 450 (41, 957- 696, 483) | 346, 403 (273, 498- 425, 843) |
Cost drivers % | ||
Personnel | 52 | 27 |
Device costs | 32 | 58 |
Operating room cost | 11 | 10 |
Blood | 1 | 2 |
Drugs | 1 | 1 |
Laboratory/radiology | 3 | 2 |
Sum | 100 | 100 |
Post- LVAD phase | 18,093 (8,729,- 59, 345) | 2, 819 (1,310- 9,724) |
Cost drivers % | ||
Day hospital stays (under 5 hours) | 69 | 0 |
In-hospital stays | 27 | 55 |
External consultations | 2 | 22 |
Internal consultations | 2 | 23 |
Sum | 100 | 100 |
Mean total costs | 585, 513 | 413 185 |
Range | (132, 640- 1 247, 299) | (314, 540- 622, 664) |