Direct costs and Pneumonia Severity Index(PSI)
| PSI | |||||||
| Total | I | II | III | IV | V | p-value# | |
| Medication costs | 187 (114–304) | 116 (64–244) | 121 (64–244) | 181 (129–297) | 194 (123–282) | 262 (136–419) | 0.001 |
| Antibiotic treatment | 138 (81–229) | 109 (55–173) | 109 (54–216) | 138 (95–237) | 143 (76–213) | 158 (100–290) | 0.02 |
| Other treatments | 38 (17–68) | 17 (4–37) | 16 (7–37) | 37 (21–62) | 43 (20–75) | 55 (23–148) | 0.001 |
| Laboratory test costs | 212 (172–272) | 190 (143–251) | 173 (146–229) | 196 (164–265) | 219 (178–285) | 232 (190–310) | 0.001 |
| Diagnostic test costs | 58 (29–122) | 65 (36–199) | 60 (33–162) | 52 (24–101) | 65 (33–122) | 73 (22–118) | 0.7 |
| Hospital stay costs | 1286 (857–1714) | 1071 (571–1464) | 1143 (750–1429) | 1143 (857–1786) | 1286 (857–1786) | 1429 (857–2286) | 0.02 |
| Total CAP costs | 1683 (1291–2471) | 1531 (1130–2053) | 1602 (1078–2048) | 1630 (1341–2469) | 1804 (1353–2507) | 1972 (1231–3297) | 0.0009 |
Data are presented as median (interquartile range) cost in Euros, unless otherwise stated. CAP: community-acquired pneumonia. #: Spearman correlation.