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Table 8 Treatment costs differentiated by age, final diagnosis, and antibiotic status

From: The cost of diagnostic uncertainty: a prospective economic analysis of febrile children attending an NHS emergency department

 

Viral

Trivial

Inflammatory

Bacterial

Antibiotics given?

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

All*

£1392.30

£140.10

£324.49

£224.54

£185.08

£669.86

£755.03

£747.43

0–3 months

£2842.60

£479.65

N/A

£113.81

N/A

£50.87

£2476.96

£2419.07

3–6 months

£1969.38

£142.81

£50.39

£334.50

N/A

£65.92

£1078.39

£60.78

6–12 months

£2452.83

£159.57

N/A

£58.63

N/A

N/A

£376.20

£774.53

1–3 years

£687.02

£151.09

£2223.43

£256.88

£51.43

£390.81

£883.52

£278.09

3–6 years

£1201.76

£123.97

£58.69

£196.88

£54.52

£355.06

£450.45

£586.77

6–10 years

£1575.80

£63.65

£51.46

£87.65

£475.93

£447.47

£416.84

£672.95

10–16 years

£2603.54

£143.37

N/A

£401.88

£101.95

£4842.32

£1484.10

£694.91

  1. *MTS green and yellow only