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Table 4 Descriptive measures of the cost of cardiac echocardiographic studies by costing type of echocardiography and type of hospitalization

From: Cardiac echo-lab productivity in times of economic austerity

 

Costing type of echocardiographic studies

 

Costed studies

Non-costed studies

Total

Hospitalization type

Sum €

%

Mean €

SD €

Sum €

%

Mean €

SD €

Sum €

%

Mean €

SD €

Outpatients

28,044

54.5

58.8

4.6

23,415

45.5

159.9

54.7

51,459

100.0

81.0

54.6

 NHS referral

25,148

56.7

58.8

4.5

19,235

43.3

142.5

80.6

44,383

100.0

78.8

53.3

 Freelancer referral

2,896

40.9

59.1

5.4

4,180

59.1

181.7

39.6

7,076

100.0

98.3

61.8

Inpatients

18,772

86.1

58.9

4.7

3,040

13.9

74.2

93.8

21,812

100.0

60.6

32.0

Total

46,816

63.9

58.8

4.6

26,455

36.1

132.9

86.0

73,271

100.0

73.6

48.7

  1. SD: Standard Deviation.