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Table 6 Costs of treatment between the two groups

From: Safety and costs analysis of early hospital discharge after brain tumour surgery: a pilot study

Variables

General (66)

Pre (32)

Post (34)

p

Costs of hospitalization

2567 (1642–4137)

2765 (2185–4333)

2135 (1472–3800)

0.043

 Ward

1436 (763–2311)

1623 (1155–2507)

922 (657–1798)

0.009

 ICU

817 (741–1661)

1472 (747–2100)

807 (741–1614)

0.383

30-day outpatient costs

 Clinic

43 (35–87)

45 (0–85)

43 (40–87)

0.734

 Emergency department

0 (0–537)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–613)

0.356

Overall costs until 30th POD

2963 (2041–4624)

3563 (2290–4915)

2511 (1796–4132)

0.112

  1. Legend: Data are presented as median and interquartile interval in dollars (US$)
  2. Intrahospitalar deaths were excluded from the analysis of outpatient costs
  3. The Mann-Whitney test was used for all comparisons
  4. ICU intensive care unit, POD postoperative day;