TABLE 17

Base-case cost analysis (including all sites recruiting to the trial)

Costs (Int$)Early Surgery (n = 82)Initial Conservative Treatment (n = 86)Difference of means
Resource use; mean (SD)Costs (Int$); mean (SD)Resource use; mean (SD)Costs (Int$); mean (SD)Raw difference (Int$)Adjusted difference (Int$) (95% CI)
All countries
Cost surgery–981 (1678)–515 (1206)4761774 (–132 to 3679)
Cost ICU4.18 (4.2)2808 (5762)4.06 (4.61)2988 (6131)
Cost HDU1.72 (2.55)385 (1053)1.76 (3.01)461 (1445)
Cost ward11.88 (15.95)3595 (10,206)14.24 (29.43)3997 (13,789)
Cost readmission4.23 (14.43)1145 (5775)2.42 (9.63)421 (1720)
Total cost–8812 (18,032)a–8336 (18,685)a

HDU, high-dependency unit; ICU, intensive care unit.

a

Total mean cost is not equal to the sum of the resource use. This is because of the use of Diagnosis Related Group costs per episode of care, applied to resource use in Germany.

From: Appendix 4, Health economic analysis

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Surgical Trial In Traumatic intraCerebral Haemorrhage (STITCH): a randomised controlled trial of Early Surgery compared with Initial Conservative Treatment.
Health Technology Assessment, No. 19.70.
Gregson BA, Rowan EN, Francis R, et al.; on behalf of the STITCH(TRAUMA) investigators.
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