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Table 3.

Median Charges Values According to LAS Quartile

Charges Information	Quartile 1 (N=21)	Quartile 2 (N=21)	Quartile 3 (N=21)	Quartile 4 (N=21)	P-Value^*
Index Admission, USD (IQR)	$160,170 (141,480–169,378)	$147,756 (121,846–181,851)	$153,995 (129,796–172,597)	$276,668^† (191,301–300,156)	0.003
1-Year Without Index Admission, USD (IQR)	$33,661 (20,760–93,179)	$14,351 (6,491–48,942)	$43,686 (19,618–71,650)	$44,657 (9,041–123,369)	0.3
Total 1-Year, USD (IQR)	$190,876 (164,613–264,606)	$181,408 (141,174–252,045)	$192,215 (163,935–240,364)	$292,247^† (229,192–421,597)	0.02

P-value based on results of Kruskall-Wallis non-parametric ANOVA

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Individual pairwise post-hoc comparison by rank-sum after non-parametric Kruskall-Wallis ANOVA P<0.05(reference=Quartile 1)