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Table 5 Mean and standard deviation of atherothrombotic disease admission costs by admission type per person using AR-DRGs adjusted to 2013 $AUD, rounded to whole dollars (n = 6172)

From: One third of hospital costs for atherothrombotic disease are attributable to readmissions: a linked data analysis

 

Index admission

At 90 days from index admission

90 days to 12 months from index admission

12 to 24 months from index admission

Emergency admissions, mean (SD) ATD admission costs

$12957 ($15152)

$858 ($4891)

$830 ($4642)

$703 ($4188)

Elective admissions, mean (SD) ATD admission costs

$8595 ($12422)

$1566 ($6041)

$725 ($4408)

$488 ($4701)