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National estimates of resource use in the cancer analytic cohort, adults only |
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| Resource |
No severe sepsis |
Severe sepsis |
Total |
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| Medical |
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| Length of stay |
6.5 ± 8.2 |
12.5 ± 13.6 |
6.9 ± 8.7 |
| Cost per hospitalization |
7.1 ± 11.3 |
18.2 ± 22.4 |
7.8 ± 12.4 |
| Surgical |
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| Length of stay |
7 ± 8.4 |
27.1 ± 25.1 |
7.8 ± 10.3 |
| Cost per hospitalization |
10.9 ± 14.9 |
48.4 ± 49 |
12.3 ± 18.8 |
| Total |
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| Length of stay |
6.7 ± 8.3 |
17.1 ± 19.2 |
7.2 ± 9.4 |
| Cost per hospitalization |
8.7 ± 13 |
27.6 ± 35.9 |
9.6 ± 15.5 |
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Values presented as mean ± standard deviation; all differences between means are significant (P < 0.0001). Adults defined as aged ≥ 20 years; childbirth-related hospitalizations not included. | |||
Williams et al. Critical Care 2004 8:R291 doi:10.1186/cc2893 |
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