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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Pediatr Cardiol. 2008;25(1):103–111. doi: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2007.11.011

Table 2.

Estimated Inpatient Costs of Pediatric Cardiomyopathy as the Principal Diagnosis*, 2005†

Age range Number of Discharges Mean Charges Aggregate Charges
years N SE S SE S SE
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (ICD-9 Code 425.1)
<1 unreliable unreliable unreliable unreliable unreliable unreliable
1–17 193 46 88,673 13,581 17,092,916 4,942,355
Other Primary Cardiomyopathies (ICD-9 Code 425.4)
<1 205 54 75,557 16,659 18,269,797 6,488,741
1–17 621 147 130,330 20,348 84,202,762 26,732,894
Total 1,019 119,565,475

SE=Standard Error

*

Estimates for all other categories of cardiomyopathy (ICD-9 425) were unreliable.

†

Weighted national estimates from the HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2005, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), based on data collected by states. Total number of weighted discharges in the US is based on 39,163,834.