Table 7 The effect of medication reconciliation on hospitalization cost of PJI per patient in our hospital and the post-acute-care facility
cost | our hospital (USD) | the post-acute-care facility (USD) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
reconciliation | no reconciliation | P | reconciliation | no reconciliation | P | |
Total | 8589.6 ± 1002.1 | 10,422.6 ± 1173.3 | 0.021 | 3229.3 ± 490.2 | 4194.1 ± 895.0 | 0.056 |
Medication | 1052.2 ± 256.3 | 1484.7 ± 328.1 | 0.032 | 1241.3 ± 278.1 | 1305.3 ± 331.4 | 0.912 |
Antimicrobial | 691.5 ± 241.8 | 1237.6 ± 300.2 | 0.014 | 981.7 ± 215.4 | 1153.7 ± 104.5 | 0.462 |