Table 2

Impact of HIV infection on length of stay and total cost of admission for patients with severe sepsis

Outcome
Impact of HIV/AIDS
P value
Adjusted impact of HIV/AIDS
P value

Length of stay (days)
-0.8
0.0669
-0.9a
0.0516
Hospitalization cost ($)
-6,155
<0.0001
-2,706b
<0.0001

aAdjusted for mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, age, gender, comorbidities, race, infection site, payer, failing organ systems, presence of opportunistic infection, and hospital teaching status (adjusted R2 = 0.11). bAdjusted for mortality, ICU admission, length of stay, age, gender, comorbidities, race, infection site, payer, failing organ systems, presence of opportunistic infection, and hospital teaching status (adjusted R2 = 0.64).

Mrus et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R623   doi:10.1186/cc3811