TABLE 6.
Effect of patient characteristics on hospital costa and LOS by multivariate analysis
| Variable | Total hospital cost (log) (n = 605) |
LOS (log) (n = 605) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter estimate (95% CI) | P valueb | Parameter estimate (95% CI) | P valueb | |
| Intercept | 10.5624 (10.3801, 10.7448) | <0.0001 | 3.0290 (2.8503, 3.2077) | <0.0001 |
| Resistant | 0.2929 (0.1623, 0.4235) | <0.0001 | 0.2379 (0.1101, 0.3656) | 0.0003 |
| Age ≥ 12 yr | −0.2634 (−0.4126, −0.1142) | 0.0005 | −0.6681 (−0.8146, −0.5217) | <0.0001 |
| Pneumonia | 0.4382 (0.2888, 0.5875) | <0.0001 | 0.3817 (0.2353, 0.5281) | <0.0001 |
| ICU | 1.4208 (1.2532, 1.5884) | <0.0001 | 1.0595 (0.8956, 1.2233) | <0.0001 |
| Neutropenia | 0.8356 (0.3455, 1.3256) | 0.0008 | 0.7092 (0.2320, 1.1863) | 0.0036 |
| Transplanta-tion | 1.1582 (0.3210, 1.9954) | 0.0067 | 0.7443 (−0.0722, 1.5608) | 0.0740 |
a
All costs are expressed in 2008 constant dollars.
b
Significance was determined at the 0.05 level.