Table 6. Medical care characteristics of hospitalization for pediatric eye injuries by diagnosis.
| Medical care characteristics | All injuries | Open globewound | Closedglobe wound | Chemical burn to eye and adnexa | Thermal burn to eye and adnexa | Orbital wallfracture | Lacrimal apparatus andeyelid laceration | Othersa |
| Total hospital charges : $ | 918986 | 558835 | 312695 | 5361 | 4692 | 4073 | 31823 | 1607 |
| % of total hospital charges | 100 | 60.8 | 34.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
| Mean charges per hospitalization: $ | 903 | 998 | 774 | 536 | 939 | 1018 | 439 | 90 |
| SDb | 662 | 702 | 598 | 144 | 116 | 516 | 66 | 51 |
| Length of stay, (days) | ||||||||
| 0–7 | 49 | 280 | 290 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 13 |
| 8–14 | 100 | 164 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
| ≥15 | 869 | 116 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Mean stay, (days) | 8.2 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 6.8 | 5.6 |
| SDb | 6.5 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| Discharge status | ||||||||
| Routine | 963 | 549 | 369 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 2 |
| Othersc | 55 | 11 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
a
Includes a foreign body on the external eye, injury to the optic nerve and pathways, injury to the oculomotor, trochlear, or abducens nerve, and conjunctival injuries.
b
Standard Deviation.
c
Includes transfer to a short-term hospital or another health care facility, home health care, against medical advice, missing, and not recorded.