From: Direct costs associated with the appropriateness of hospital stay in elderly population
Cost of hospital stay | |||||
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Appropriate | Inappropriate | ||||
Mean | (95% CI) | Mean | (95% CI) | p | |
Sex | |||||
Female | 1,555.6 | (319.4 – 5,413.1) | 2,528.0 | (665.7 – 5,817.9) | p < 0.001 |
Male | 1,432.5 | (328.4 – 4,459.5) | 2,132.0 | (470.6 – 6,012.7) | p < 0.001 |
Age (years) | |||||
60–64 | 1,409.4 | (317.2 – 3,762.7) | 2,183.2 | (1,031.0 – 4,789.2) | p = 0.018 |
65–69 | 1,261.6 | (314.3 – 3,105.3) | 3,374.0 | (481.0 – 16,991.7) | p = 0.001 |
70–74 | 1,397.5 | (336.6 – 4,234.4) | 1,703.3 | (475.8 – 3,582.2) | p = 0.239 |
75–79 | 1,504.2 | (327.5 – 5,658.4) | 2,393.7 | (598.0 – 7,413.3) | p = 0.010 |
80–84 | 1,679.5 | (299.8 – 5,665.7) | 2,395.0 | (835.4 – 5,451.9) | p = 0.116 |
≥ 85 | 1,696.3 | (394.6 – 4,618.6) | 2,283.6 | (1,002.3 – 3,887.6) | p = 0.062 |
Service admitted to: | |||||
Surgery | 1,191.8 | (334.3 – 5,059.3) | 1,611.3 | (362.1 – 3,596.7) | p = 0.197 |
Internal medicine | 1,536.0 | (317.8 – 4,871.3) | 2,456.2 | (655.0 – 6,594.5) | p < 0.001 |
Appropriateness admission | |||||
Yes | 1,497.2 | (323.2 – 4,931.4) | 2,278.0 | (763.6 – 5,942.1) | p < 0.001 |
No | NA | 2,515.3 | (363.7 – 14,772.5) | NA | |
Length of stay (days) | |||||
1–2 | 683.0 | (202.4 – 1,623.6) | 365.8 | (355.9 – 375.6) | p = 0.179 |
3–4 | 1,016.3 | (512.2 – 1,978.7) | 1,239.5 | (476.1 – 2,855.7) | p = 0.020 |
5–6 | 1,548.3 | (835.4 – 2,466.1) | 1,403.0 | (939.8. – 2,169.4) | p = 0.210 |
7–8 | 2,019.1 | (1,195.4 – 2,991.3) | 1,867.8 | (1,181.6. – 3,145.1) | p = 0.350 |
9–10 | 2,351.6 | (1,546.6 – 3,197.5) | 2,398.4 | (1,554.1 – 3,171.2) | p = 0.813 |
≥ 11 | 4,141.7 | (2,055.5 – 7,246.8) | 4,490.7 | (1,935.5 – 14,042.9) | p = 0.562 |
Number of comorbidities conditions | |||||
0 | 1,486.8 | (320.6 – 4,883.8) | 2,266.0 | (585.1 – 6,778.6) | p = 0.038 |
1 | 1,369.7 | (334.3 – 3,002.8) | 2,425.8 | (1,052.4 – 3,605.6) | p < 0.001 |
2 | 1,413.8 | (332.2 – 4,115.5) | 1,943.6 | (684.3 – 4,110.3) | p = 0.010 |
3 | 1,659.6 | (346.3 – 6,202.7) | 2,900.7 | (576.6 – 12,091.9) | p = 0.005 |
≥ 4 | 1,477.1 | (282.4 – 4,272.3) | 2,051.4 | (600.7–5,048.5) | p = 0.106 |