Table 4.

In-hospital Patient Outcomes After AICD Implantation, Unadjusted, 1997–2003

Patient outcomes	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Mean LOS (days)	9.9(0.4)	8.1(0.2)	8.3(0.3)	7.7(0.2)	7.4(0.2)	6.8(0.2)	6.4(0.2)
Mean Charges ($1000)	66 (2)	69 (2)	72 (2)	78 (2)	86 (3)	101 (4)	115 (4)
In-hospital mortality (%)	0.7(0.1)	0.8(0.1)	1.0(0.1)	0.9(0.1)	0.8(0.1)	1.0(0.1)	0.9(0.1)
Any of above 7 complications (%)	2.8(0.3)	2.9(0.3)	3.1(0.3)	2.3(0.2)	3.0(0.2)	3.4(0.2)	3.3(0.2)

Standard errors are in parenthesis.