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Table 3 Percent change in hospitalization cost after craniotomy for tumor resection for every variable included in the final predictive model

From: Drivers of hospitalization cost after craniotomy for tumor resection: creation and validation of a predictive model

Intracranial tumors

Variable

% Change in cost

Length of stay*

0.47

Number of procedures*

0.18

Midwest Region1

16.07

South Region1

−5.73

West region1

45.50

Medium Bedsize2

−8.79

Urban Nonteaching hospital3

−5.73

Private insurance4

−4.97

African American5

3.87

4th income quartile6

6.18

Hydrocephalus

9.31

Neurologic complications

10.30

Coagulopathy

8.44

  1. * = Numbers represent percent change in cost for 1% change in the exposure variable (length of stay, number of procedures).
  2. 1in comparison to Northeast; 2in comparison to small bedsize; 3in comparison to rural hospital; 4in comparison to Medicare; 5in comparison to Caucasian; 6in comparison to the 1st (lowest) income quartile.
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BMC Health Services Research

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