Table 5

Total cumulative 1-year, 5-year and 8-year hospital cost (£) by gestational age at birth, estimated with the Kaplan-Meier sample-average estimator

1-year total5-year total8-year total
Mean95% CIP valueMean95% CIP valueMean95% CIP value
<2871 99770 866 to 73 097<0.000178 43277 164 to 79 818<0.000180 55979 238 to 82 019<0.0001
28–2941 48440 843, 42 135<0.000144 84644 097 to 45 58446 49945 705, 47 291<0.0001
30–3126 66326 310 to 26 989<0.000128 99128 551 to 29 440<0.000130 12629 612 to 30 605<0.0001
3218 60918 313 to 18 899<0.000121 01320 613 to 21 447<0.000121 96121 550 to 22 409<0.0001
3313 59113 353 to 13 821<0.000115 28014 979 to 15 570<0.000115 95515 637 to16 257<0.0001
3491248918 to 9310<0.000110 75510 495 to 11 007<0.000111 49811 214, 11 769<0.0001
3551335001 to 5257<0.000164746303 to 6638<0.000171566967 to 7334<0.0001
3633513262 to 3438<0.000146414523 to 4758<0.000152665131 to 5399<0.0001
3719091866 to 1951<0.000129432883 to 3002<0.000134643402 to 3534<0.0001
3812941273 to 1315<0.000121612128 to 2191<0.000126122576 to 2646<0.0001
39955940 to 970<0.000116891669 to 1710<0.000120852061 to 2107<0.0001
40848837 to 861Reference15301512 to 1547Reference18941874 to 1912Reference
41877865 to 889<0.000115581540 to 15770.02119281905 to 19500.013
421032997 to 1066<0.000117321685 to 1777<0.000120962045 to 2148<0.0001
Sensitivity analysis*         
<28110 482108 946 to 112 149<0.0001116 917115 267 to 118 675<0.0001119 044117 350 to 120 909<0.0001
28–2955 36554 629 to 56 171<0.000158 72757 893 to 59 638<0.000160 38059 443 to 61 404<0.0001
30–3131 33230 939 to 31 712<0.000133 66033 191 to 34 136<0.000134 79434 273 to 35 336<0.0001
3220 98220 656 to 21 303<0.000123 38622 918 to 23 834<0.000124 33423 838 to 24 804<0.0001
3315 07914 845 to 15 320<0.000116 76816 451 to 17 059<0.000117 44417 125 to 17 747<0.0001

  • *Allocate all non-paediatric critical care birth admission days to neonatal critical care stay for gestational age <=33 weeks.