Resources utilisation and economic burden of percutaneous vertebroplasty or percutaneous kyphoplasty for treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures in China: a retrospective claim database study

Table 7 The distribution of costs for PVP/PKP patients per hospitalisation (CNY)

Costs Classification	N	Mean	S.D	Minimum	1st Quartile	Median	3rd Quartile	Maximum
Comprehensive Medical Services
General Medical Service	14,333	561	712	0	276	427	654	24,743
General Treatment Operation	14,332	325	1072	0	71	136	266	47,826
Nursing	14,775	184	285	0	72	118	209	11,840
Diagnosis
Laboratory Diagnosis	14,631	1221	1097	0	732	1007	1360	44,375
Imaging Diagnosis	14,456	2083	1191	0	1268	1938	2641	13,672
Clinical Diagnosis	14,332	157	520	0	26	45	133	22,454
Treatment
Non-operative Treatment	14,456	548	2421	0	0	60	332	78,637
Operative Treatment	15,235	2721	2230	0	1825	1920	2755	72,731
Anesthetic Fee^a	15,234	308	693	0	25	55	143	7953
Surgery Fee^a	15,282	2234	1164	0	1800	1800	2340	28,000
Medicine
Western Medicine Fee	15,597	3883	4673	0	1434	2848	4939	180,000
Antibiotics Fee^a	14,332	211	1497	0	0	0	21	104,000
Chinese Patent Medicine Fee	15,266	512	941	0	0	123	630	19,004
Chinese Herbal Medicine Fee	15,091	70	179	0	0	0	51	5693
Materials
Disposable Medical Materials for Surgery	NA	22,980	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Disposable Medical Materials for Treatment	14,864	1320	4891	0	20	118	380	82,753
Total Costs	15,592	35,906	19,601	1000	24,042	33,416	42,079	365,000
Out-of-pocket Costs^a	14,652	17,752	16,885	0	5944	13,533	25,674	213,000

Abbreviation: S. D Standard Deviation
Note: ^a indicates secondary subject costs; Cost of Disposable Medical Materials for Surgery category: PVP data gained from chart review; PKP and Total data of this category inferred from the 64%*Total Cost

ISSN: 1471-2474