FilmArray® Meningoencephalitis panel in the diagnosis of central nervous system infections: stewardship and cost analysis in a paediatric hospital in Chile

Table 5 Bed-day costs

	Unit bed- day costs ($USD^d)	Pre-intervention		Post-intervention		Costs savings ($USD) Diff: (2) - (1)
	Unit bed- day costs ($USD^d)	Quantity	Total cost ($USD) (1)	Quantity	Total cost ($USD) (2)	Costs savings ($USD) Diff: (2) - (1)
Absolute numbers
N° basic bed-days
Public^a	56	1908	106,848	613	34,328	72,540
Private^b	640		1,267,200		392,320	874,880
N° ICU bed-days
Public^a	243	686	166,698	125	30,375	136,323
Private^b	1020		699,720		127,500	572,220
Use bed days per patient^c
Basic bed-days
Public^a	56	7.5	420	5.8	325	95
Private^b	640		4800		3712	1088
ICU bed-days
Public^a	243	15.5	3767	3.5	851	2916
Private^b	1020		15,810		3570	12,240

^aPublic health insurance bed day cost
^bAverage private bed-day cost (average costs of Chilean private health institutions)
^cNumber of days in basic bed or ICU total/number of hospitalized patients in general bed or ICU
^dParity of chilean peso (CLP) $801.96 per dollar at 16 November 2021

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