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Table 1 Mean excess LOS and costs of AEs and preventable AEs in the Netherlands in 2011/2012a

From: Excess length of stay and economic consequences of adverse events in Dutch hospital patients

 

N

Mean excess LOS in days (95 % CI)

Mean costs of excess LOS in € (95 % CI)

Sensitivity analysis mean costs of excess LOS in € (95 % CI)c

AE (N = 2975)

    

 No

2650

2.43 (1.51–3.35)

1085 (695–1475)

1084 (354–1814)

 Yes

325

7.53 (6.12–8.94)***

3685 (2992–4378)***

7122 (5577–8667)***

Preventable AE (N = 325)b

    

 No

236

7.94 (5.28–10.60)

3906 (2580–5233)

4982 (1479–8484)

 Yes

89

10.26 (6.52–14.00)

4927 (3034–6821)

7446 (2449–12443)

  1. AE adverse event, LOS length of stay; ***P < 0.001
  2. aIn all multilevel linear regression analyses mean excess LOS were corrected for overrepresentation of patients admitted to a university hospital and of deceased patients
  3. bNumber of patients experiencing an AE
  4. cCosts of ICU days were included in the sensitivity analysis