Table 1 Total costs of diagnosis and treatment of AL per patient and for GROUPS 1–3
From: The economic impact of anastomotic leak after colorectal cancer surgery
AL diagnosis | Patients | GROUP 1 (patients with CC) | GROUP 2 and GROUP 3 (patients with RC) | ||||||||
1.898 | 615 | ||||||||||
Costs (€) | |||||||||||
Consultationsa | €472 | €472 | |||||||||
Diagnostic testb | €547 | €559 | |||||||||
TOTAL COST PER PATIENT | €1018 | €1030 | |||||||||
TOTAL DIAGNOSTIC COST* | €1,932,982 | €633,050 | |||||||||
AL treatment | Patients | GROUP 1 (patients with CC) | GROUP 2 (patients with RC without protective stoma) | GROUP 3 (RC patients with protective stoma) | |||||||
AL type B | AL type C without stoma | AL type C + stoma | AL type A | AL type B | AL type C without stoma | AL type C + stoma | AL type A ** | AL type B** | AL type C** | ||
412 | 42 | 1.445 | 59 | 11 | 30 | 120 | 156 | 79 | 159 | ||
Costs (€) | |||||||||||
Hospital stayc | €9656 | €17,708 | €17,708 | €9966 | €13,834 | €18,239 | €18,239 | €9303 | €12,640 | €16,874 | |
Consultationd | €2596 | €4992 | €7605 | €1834 | €3463 | €5098 | €7711 | €3088 | €4663 | €6454 | |
Teste | €2566 | €3428 | €3649 | €1955 | €2508 | €3254 | €3782 | €2088 | €3171 | €3916 | |
Interventionsf | – | €9668 | €11,602 | – | – | €9668 | €11,602 | – | – | €7735 | |
Stoma closure | – | – | €1181 | – | – | – | €1181 | €1378 | €984 | €984 | |
Drugsg | €2354 | €3139 | €3139 | – | €3139 | €3139 | €3139 | – | €3139 | €3139 | |
Other recoursesh | €1825 | €5242 | €5344 | €232 | €2088 | €5242 | €5383 | €334 | €1877 | €4518 | |
TOTAL COST PER PATIENT | €18,996 | €44,177 | €50,228 | €13,988 | €25,032 | €44,639 | €51,037 | €16,191 | €26,474 | €43,620 | |
TOTAL TREATMENT COST* | €7,823,779 | €1,838,298 | €72,044,183 | €828,573 | €264,588 | €1,342,767 | €6,098,265 | €2,463,916 | €2,075,118 | €6,885,594 | |