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Original research letter
Cost of nitric oxide therapy in neonates
  1. Emily Hoyle,
  2. Hannah Spierson,
  3. David Cordon,
  4. Joanne Brady,
  5. Nimish V Subhedar
  1. Neonatal Unit, Liverpool Womens Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Nimish V Subhedar; Nim.Subhedar{at}lwh.nhs.uk

Abstract

A retrospective observational cohort study was performed to review the cost of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) therapy in a UK neonatal intensive care setting over a 4-year period. 188 neonates with a median (IQR) gestational age and birth weight of 27 (24–37) weeks and 980 (695–2812) g, respectively, were treated with iNO. The median (IQR) duration of iNO therapy was 60 (22–129) hours. The mean cost of iNO therapy was approximately £820 per baby treated equivalent to £8.50 per hour of therapy. Alternative pricing models suggested a calculated cost of iNO therapy of between approximately £950 and £1350 per baby.

  • neonatology
  • data collection
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000776

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    • Correction notice This article has been corrected since it was first published.

    • Contributors EH was responsible for conducting, data collecting, analysing, reporting and preparing the manuscript for publication. NVS was responsible for planning, reporting, analysing and preparing the manuscript for submission. HS was responsible for data collecting and reporting. JB was responsible for data collection. DC was responsible for data collection.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests Until December 2019, NVS chaired the European Inhaled Nitric Oxide Registry which was commercially funded by a variety of suppliers of inhaled nitric oxide, none of which had a role in this study.

    • Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.