Cost of asthma emergency department presentations and hospitalisations 2013-2014

Each ED presentation for asthma costs $443 on average, an uncomplicated hospital admission costs approximately $2,591 (approximately 1.5 hospital days) and a complicated admission costs $5,393 (approximately three hospital days).

Categories: Cost of Asthma, Hospitalisation
Author: Rose
Entry Date: 01/07/2021
Source 1 Name: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, 2013-14. National Hospital Cost Data Collection, Australian Public Hospitals Cost Report, Round 18.
Source 1 URL: https://www.ihpa.gov.au/sites/g/files/net4186/f/publications/nhcdc-round18.pdf