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Means, standard deviations, and numbers of patients for hospital cost, also broken down for some relevant factors (n = 786) |
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| Costs |
Pre-IMC period |
IMC period |
P value |
P value interaction |
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| Number |
Mean (SD) |
Number |
Mean (SD) |
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| Total hospital stay |
329 |
12.961 (14.530) |
457 |
16.513 (19.324) |
0.01 |
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| ICU stay |
329 |
10.017 (13.317) |
457 |
13.020 (17.659) |
0.07 |
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| IMC stay |
0 |
- |
143 |
2.612 (4.060) |
- |
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| General ward stay |
236 |
4.105 (5.924) |
304 |
4.065 (5.095) |
0.83 |
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| LOS in the ICU of <1 week |
155 |
5.738 (5.028) |
231 |
6.965 (5.922) |
0.11 |
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| LOS in the ICU of >1 week |
174 |
19.396 (17.010) |
226 |
26.272 (23.058) |
<0.001 |
0.13 |
| LOS in ward of <1 week |
177 |
9.734 (11.125) |
240 |
13.533 (18.476) |
0.01 |
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| LOS in ward of >1 week |
152 |
16.719 (14.045) |
217 |
19.808 (19.743) |
0.35 |
0.22 |
| Readmissions to ICU |
21 |
27.326 (18.558) |
38 |
30.818 (5.627) |
0.44 |
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| Non-readmissions to ICU |
308 |
12.130 (13.849) |
419 |
17.499 (847) |
0.02 |
0.99 |
| Surgical patients |
175 |
14.586 (14.162) |
277 |
18.091 (18.483) |
0.06 |
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| Non-surgical patients |
154 |
11.115 (14.766) |
180 |
14.085 (20.365) |
0.31 |
0.79 |
| Deceased in hospital |
77 |
14.444 (18.540) |
129 |
18.292 (19.970) |
0.10 |
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| Non-deceased in hospital |
252 |
12.509 (13.073) |
328 |
15.813 (19.049) |
0.06 |
0.47 |
| TISS score on 1st day < median |
165 |
9.770 (11.125) |
220 |
10.608 (13.140) |
0.62 |
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| TISS score on 1st day > median |
149 |
17.112 (17.138) |
230 |
22.514 (22.450) |
0.01 |
0.14 |
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The P value concerns the differences between pre-IMC and IMC periods. The P value interaction tests whether the differences of studied relevant factors change from the pre-IMC period to the IMC period. In both tests, 10log-transformed costs were analysed. ICU, intensive care unit; IMC, intermediate care unit; LOS, length of stay; SD, standard deviation; TISS, Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System. | ||||||
Solberg et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R68 doi:10.1186/cc6903 |
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