Table 2 Index hospitalization and 6-month follow-up costs of propensity -matched abstainers and non-abstainers

 Non-abstainers

$12,471.74

$10,818.27 to $14,125.22

 Abstainers^a

$15,513.28

$13,091.74 to $17,934.83

 Difference

$3041.54

$170.13 to $5912.95

0.038

 Non-abstainers

$18,789.63

$13,185.05 to $24,394.21

 Abstainers^a

$22,985.64

$11,004.71 to $34,966.57

 Difference

$4196.01

-$6300.65 to $14,692.68

0.433

 Non-abstainers

$18,759.77

$13,187.24 to $24,332.29

 Abstainers^a

$23,007.87

$10,943.85 to $35,071.89

 Difference

$4248.10

-$6332.37 to $14,828.58

0.431