Table 2.
Hospitalisation allowed charges and length of stay in propensity-matched transferred versus Non-transferred patients
| Disease category (n) | Allowed charges*† |
Charges per day*† |
Length of stay, days*‡ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transferred | Non-transferred | Transferred | Non-transferred | Transferred | Non-transferred | |
| AMI (n=25 004) | 27 230 | 9060 | 5936 | 4282 | 9.0 | 4.3 |
| CHF (n=14 708) | 27 040 | 7307 | 3947 | 2145 | 12.5 | 5.0 |
| Arrhythmia (n=13 238) | 21 903 | 6064 | 5424 | 3013 | 8.1 | 3.5 |
| Sepsis (n=13 198) | 28 572 | 12 488 | 3557 | 2507 | 14.6 | 6.8 |
| Pneumonia (n=6904) | 22 442 | 8110 | 3200 | 2013 | 12.6 | 5.5 |
| Stroke (n=6708) | 21 319 | 8453 | 3722 | 2861 | 10.7 | 4.9 |
| GI bleed (n=5810) | 18 687 | 7364 | 3413 | 2456 | 10.6 | 4.5 |
| Renal failure (n=4162) | 20 137 | 7297 | 2947 | 1969 | 12.5 | 5.3 |
| Oesophageal/GI disease (n=3706) | 19 573 | 6874 | 3207 | 2195 | 12.1 | 4.8 |
| COPD (n=3512) | 19 512 | 6817 | 3412 | 1997 | 11.0 | 4.6 |
| Hip fracture/dislocation (n=3226) | 22 339 | 10 336 | 3899 | 3259 | 10.1 | 5.0 |
| UTI (n=1774) | 16 054 | 5496 | 2830 | 1894 | 10.9 | 4.3 |
| Chest pain (n=1754) | 14 721 | 3052 | 6109 | 3296 | 5.3 | 1.8 |
| Metabolic disease (n=1626) | 17 574 | 5103 | 2963 | 1981 | 11.5 | 3.9 |
| Respiratory disease (n=1510) | 26 738 | 10 991 | 2893 | 2129 | 15.2 | 6.6 |
*
P< 0.001 for all comparisons.
†
Presented charges are in 2013 US dollars.
‡
Length of stay encompasses the entire acute care hospitalisation.
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CHF, congestive heart failure; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GI, gastrointestinal; UTI, urinary tract infection.