Table 4

Resource utilization and cost allocation

CostsMonetary value, Can$
Costs, median (IQR)
 Direct costs22440 (13171–41890)
 Indirect costs7614 (4420–14327)
 Total costs30051 (17 496–56274)
Costs for the top 10% of high-resource users, mean (SD)199567 (106380)
Total costs for the entire cohort76484573
Costs per survivor*60367
Cost allocation, median (IQR)
 Food770 (391–1561)
 Health professionals1619 (640–4215)
 Laboratory investigations1556 (735–3148)
 Medical imaging946 (377–2216)
 Nursing15–552 (7399–32–897)
 Operating room4423 (2918–7508)
 Postanesthetic care unit775 (459–1298)
 Pharmacy1742 (891–3851)
 Respiratory therapists575 (209–2133)
  • ICU = intensive care unit; IQR = interquartile range; RRT = rapid response team; SD = standard deviation.

  • * 1267 survivors.