Table 4.
Increased hospital charges and lengths of stay for treatment complications.
| Complication | Incremental Increase in Charges | Incremental Increase in Length of Stay | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollars (US$) | Fold Increase1 | Days | Fold Increase | |
| Renal Failure | $60,174.22 | 4.8 | 24.0 | 5.8 |
| Bacteremia | $58,776.73 | 4.7 | 24.8 | 6.0 |
| Pneumonia | $52,442.26 | 4.3 | 22.2 | 5.5 |
| Intra-Abdominal Abscess | $50,726.11 | 4.2 | 33.0 | 7.6 |
| Compartment Syndrome | $37,169.68 | 3.4 | 13.5 | 3.7 |
| Skin Breakdown | $34,284.75 | 3.2 | 32.6 | 7.6 |
| Wound Infection | $32,092.39 | 3.0 | 26.5 | 6.3 |
| Pneumothorax | $31,812.20 | 3.0 | 16.3 | 4.3 |
| Hypothermia | $27,505.99 | 2.7 | 7.1 | 2.4 |
| DVT (Lower Extremity) | $24,554.94 | 2.6 | 23.7 | 5.8 |
| Pulmonary Embolus | $23,806.46 | 2.5 | 17.0 | 4.4 |
| Aspiration Pneumonia | $16,814.81 | 2.1 | 15.0 | 4.0 |
| Esophageal Intubation | $10,304.99 | 1.7 | 12.5 | 3.5 |
| All infection-related | $43,809.12 | 3.8 | 21.0 | 5.2 |
| All vascular-related | $27,463.63 | 2.7 | 17.8 | 4.6 |
1. Fold increase is calculated by dividing the mean cost of an incident in which the complication arose by the mean cost of an incident in which no complications occurred.