Table 1.

Scheduled and unscheduled cases with average case cost by age

Age, yr	Total		Scheduled cases		Unscheduled cases
	No. of cases	Inpatient cost, $	No. of cases	Inpatient cost, $	No. of cases	Inpatient cost, $
≤64	8451	3951	4373	4422	4078	3447
65–79	2863	4794	2021	4333	842	5902
≥80	756	5105	500	3815	256	7622
Average	12 070	4224	6894	4351	5176	4054