| Cost breakdown | High cost () | Non-high cost () | value |
| Total cost per patient, median CDN (IQR) | 196,766 | 27,120 | | Direct cost per patient, median CDN (IQR) | 148,328 (114,008–224,611) | 20,407 (10,977–37,750) | | Cost per day, median CDN (IQR) | 3,213 (2,313–4,549) | 2,883 (2,079–3,919) | <0.001 | Cost per day, mean CDN (SD) | 3,645 (1,915) | 3,327 (2,159) | <0.001 | Direct cost allocation (%) | Endoscopy | 0.2 | 0.2 | | Food services | 2.2 | 2.1 | | Health professional services | 3.4 | 2.4 | | Imaging | 2.8 | 3.8 | | Laboratory | 4.0 | 5.6 | | Nursing | 36.4 | 24.8 | | Operating room | 2.0 | 5.4 | | Pharmacy | 7.5 | 5.4 | | Postanaesthetic care unit | 0.2 | 0.5 | | Intensive Care Unit | 41.3 | 49.6 | |
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