Table 5.
Co-morbidities associated with hospitalization costs in patients with AECOPD.
| Cost- $ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| present | absent | p | |
| Hypertension- (n) | 1627±1696 (n=122) | 1870±2419 (n=162) | 0.321 |
| Community-acquired pneumonia- (n) | 1907±1931 (n=115) | 1669±2270 (n=169) | 0.358 |
| Congestive heart failure- (n) | 3597±4591 (n=74) | 3246±3829 (n=211) | 0.557 |
| Hospital-acquired pneumonia - (n) | 3293±3358 (n=70) | 1266±1187 (n=214) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes mellitus- (n) | 1555±1754 (n=64) | 1827±2238 (n=220) | 0.371 |
| Pneumoconiosis- (n) | 1813±2365 (n=49) | 1756±2094 (n=235) | 0.864 |
| Pulmonary embolism- (n) | 1743±1883 (n=35) | 1769±2176 (n=249) | 0.946 |
| Coronary artery disease- (n) | 1449±1381 (n=25) | 1796±2198 (n=259) | 0.522 |
| Sleep apnea syndrome- (n) | 1575±1341 (n=18) | 1778±2183 (n=266) | 0.785 |
| Chronic renal failure - (n) | 2280 ± 1697 (n=17) | 1733±2162 (n=267) | 0.026 |
| Malignancy- (n) | 2436±2313 (n=16) | 1726±2126 (n=268) | 0.073 |
| Anemia- (n) | 3896±3393 (n=13) | 1663±2014 (n=271) | 0.002 |