TABLE 4.

Age‐stratified total hospitalization costs (outpatient + inpatient + emergency care costs) adjusted with comorbidities and need for critical care.

Age	Comorbidities		Critical care
	Marginal mean (95% CI)	p value	Marginal mean (95% CI)	p value
All hospitalized patients (n = 1079)	417.99 (219.22–616.75)	< 0.001	4645.61 (3830.20–5461.02)	< 0.001
< 2 years age group (n = 683)	831.98 (591.96–1072.01)	< 0.001	3229.44 (2460.31–3998.58)	< 0.001
2–5 years age group (n = 197)	392.21 (127.23–657.18)	0.004	3519.29 (2376.29–4662.29)	< 0.001
5–18 years age group (n = 31)	1449.37 (−836.73–3735.46)	0.214	8873.47 (1424.63–16,322.31)	0.02
18–65 years age group (n = 67)	−722.75 (−1814.79–369.30)	0.195	13,915.84 (7152.97–20,678.71)	< 0.001
Over 65 years age group (n = 101)	104.49 (−419.60–628.59)	0.696	5094.71 (1988.03–8201.39)	0.001

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; USD, US dollars.