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Table 3 Comparison of EI and EI component terms between the two groups

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of ultrasound-guided Seldinger peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC)

Items

Experimental group

(n = 144)

Control group

(n = 175)

P

Comfort rate, n (%)

110 (76.6%)

78 (44.7%)

<.001

 Weighted values, %

26.81

15.65

 

Single-puncture success rate, n (%)

136 (94.4%)

132 (75.4%)

<.001

 Weighted values, %

23.6

18.85

 

Non-complication rate, n (%)

139 (97.2%)

92 (61.7%)

<.001

 Weighted values, %

38.88

24.68

 

EI, %

89.29

59.18

 
  1. EI effective index, calculated as sum of comfort rate, single-puncture success rate, and non-complications rate weighted values