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Table 2 Cost of hospital stay in the studied elderly patient sample

From: Direct costs associated with the appropriateness of hospital stay in elderly population

 

Cost of hospital stay

 

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

  1. NA = Not Apply