Table 4 Mean costs, sd and incremental costs (in 2006 €)

Mean costs and sd

Total groups

Deep partial thickness burns

Superficial partial thickness burns

Total groups

Deep partial thickness burns

Superficial partial thickness burns

Total groups

Deep partial thickness burns

Superficial partial thickness burns

Hospitalisation

463.5

163.35

512.12

155.10

418.48

159.11

512.22

148.45

529.11

141.12

496.25

154.65

-48.72

155.63

-16.99

146.7

-77.77

158.17

Antibiotics

33.91

29.70

34.29

29.43

33.56

30.23

31.41

16.42

29.93

12.8

32.80

19.25

2.5

23.84

4.36

22.3

0.76

25.5

Laboratory tests

0.70

2.53

0.94

2.92

0.48

2.1

0.63

2.45

0.80

2.81

0.47

2.08

0.07

2.48

0.14

2.84

0.01

2.1

Anti-inflammatory/anti-histaminic

0.61

1.92

0.92

2.33

0.33

1.41

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.61

1.35

0.92

1.61

0.33

1.00

Scrub products

2.24

1.01

2.38

1.01

2.12

1.01

2.46

1.06

2.47

0.95

2.44

1.17

-0.22

1.04

-0.09

0.97

-0.32

1.10

Visits

5.31

2.06

6.42

1.92

4.28

1.61

5.96

1.85

6.27

1.19

5.67

2.28

-0.65

1.95

0.15

1.57

-1.39

1.99

Analgesics

0.09

0.07

0.08

0.06

0.10

0.07

0.16

0.09

0.13

0.07

0.18

0.09

-0.07

0.07

-0.05

0.06

-0.08

0.08

Local agents

20.96

2.96

21.40

3.50

20.55

2.31

11.40

3.31

12.28

3.14

10.63

3.32

9.56

3.14

9.12

3.30

9.92

2.89

Mean time spent by doctors and nurses per course treatment

15.66

(2.98)

16.10

(2.86)

15.26

(3.05)

14.91

(2.93)

15.61

(2.79)

14.25

(2.93)

0.75

(5.43)

0.49

(2.4)

1.01

(5.26)

Total costs*

529.66

172.75

579.83

157.70

483.21

174.44

566.21

151.45

582.15

142.28

551.13

159.47

-36.55

161.94

-2.32

148.6

-67.92.

168.42