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Table 2 All-cause total treatment costs according to severity and community-acquired pneumonia treatment setting

From: Economic burden of community-acquired pneumonia among elderly patients: a Japanese perspective

All cases (n = 16,931)

n

%

Median cost

Median treatment period (days)

Mortality rate (%)

Score 0

1006

6%

3508

10

2%

Score 1

5514

33%

4085

12

4%

Score 2

5644

33%

4706

14

8%

Score 3

3387

20%

5630

16

15%

Score 4

1126

7%

6175

17

35%

Score 5

254

2%

6578

19

52%

General ward (n = 16,809)

n

%

Median cost

Median treatment period (days)

Mortality rate (%)

Score 0

1005

6%

3507

10

2%

Score 1

5502

33%

4079

12

4%

Score 2

5602

33%

4679

13

8%

Score 3

3353

20%

5597

16

15%

Score 4

1104

7%

6099

17

35%

Score 5

243

1%

6410

18

52%

Intensive care unit (n = 122)

n

%

Median cost

Median treatment period (days)

Mortality rate (%)

Score 0

1

1%

4556

10

0%

Score 1

12

10%

13,264

34

0%

Score 2

42

34%

11,406

21

24%

Score 3

34

28%

11,763

26

18%

Score 4

22

18%

10,583

18

55%

Score 5

11

9%

14,117

22

55%