Table 1 The health-care cost per child, in EUR, of treating hand and forearm injuries in 533 young children at Department of Hand Surgery, University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden by catchment area.
Malmö | Skåne1 | Southern Sweden2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 323) | (N = 168) | (N = 42) | (N = 533) | |
Gender: | Number of children (%) | |||
Boys | 201 (62) | 98 (58) | 22 (52) | 321 (60) |
Girls | 122 (38) | 70 (42) | 20 (48) | 212 (40) |
Age: | Median age in months (25 th to 75 th percentile) | |||
45 (24–66) | 38 (20–62) | 40 (19–56) | 42 (22–63) | |
Cost data: | Median cost in EUR (25 th to 75 th percentile) | |||
Length of stay | 868 (0–1736) | 2743 (0–2604) | 2584 (1736–4341) | 1282 (0–2150) |
Surgery | 188 (0–656) | 563 (0–1061) | 908 (352–1852) | 351 (0–882) |
Physician visit | 308 (154–616) | 462 (308–616) | 308 (154–616) | 308 (154–616) |
Total health care cost | 1280 (308–2814) | 2743 (1049–4560) | 3754 (2478–6486) | 2102 (462–3606) |