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Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 May 12;56(7):1206–1212. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01748.x

Table 3.

Medicare Expenditures per Case of Infection According to Triage Group

	Hospital Triage	Nursing Home Triage	Hospital:Nursing Home Expenditure Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)

Expenditure	$,^* Mean ± Standard Deviation
Total	5,202 ± 7,325	996 ± 2,475	6.07 (4.30–8.58)^†
Inpatient	4,225 ± 7,006	597 ± 2,156	8.17 (5.04–13.24)^†
Physician visits	623 ± 1,109	141 ± 391	5.44 (3.92–7.56)^†
Other provider visits	394 ± 390	140 ± 231	3.22 (2.62–3.95)^†
Nursing home skilled nursing days	239 ± 660	92 ± 458	5.21 (2.49–10.90)^†
Emergency department	187 ± 182	26 ± 90	7.74 (4.85–12.34)^†
Radiology	49 ± 120	13 ± 34	3.76 (2.36–5.98)^†
Laboratory	40 ± 60	26 ± 45	1.70 (1.26–2.31)^†

^*

All figures are 1997 dollars.

^†

P < .001.