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Table 4 Hospital associated burden due to hospital unplanned readmission among 10 medical conditions*

From: Unplanned readmission rates, length of hospital stay, mortality, and medical costs of ten common medical conditions: a retrospective analysis of Hong Kong hospital data

Principal Diagnosis

Mean(SD) los of total bed

Mean(SD) los of acute bed

Mean(SD) los of sub-acute bed

US$(95% CI)

Malignant neoplasms

9.8(12.9)

8.5(11.0)

1.4(5.8)

1,683,692

(1,317,710-2,032,617)

Heart disease

6.2(7.5)

5.6(5.8)

0.6(4.2)

3,199,418

(2,579,443-3,803,393)

Cerebrovascular disease

9.9(13.2)

6.9(7.9)

3.0(9.7)

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Pneumonia

7.6(10.4)

6.4(7.5)

1.2(6.8)

2,353,652

(1,768,964-2,920,557)

Injury and poisoning

7.4(10.7)

6.9(10.0)

0.5(3.7)

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Nephritis nephritic syndrome and nephrosis

7.6(10.2)

7.1(9.2)

0.5(3.9)

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Diabetes mellitus

5.6(6.4)

4.9(4.3)

0.7(4.4)

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Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis

7.3(8.4)

7.0(7.5)

0.4(2.5)

292,627

(215,732-358,836)

Septicaemia

8.1(10.2)

7.3(8.5)

0.8(5.0)

605,398

(365,516-828,470)

Aortic aneurysm

8.2(8.9)

7.7(8.8)

0.5(1.9)

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  1. *The attributable costs were calculated only for the diseases with the odd ratios of hospital readmission were greater than 1