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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Syst. 2009 Aug;33(4):287–297. doi: 10.1007/s10916-008-9190-4

Table 4.

Adjusted 3-year inpatient costs by chronic kidney disease and coronary artery disease treatment group

CAD Group 1 VD 2 VD 3 VD LMD
Normal-mild CKD
PCI vs. medical ($)
 PCI 22,173 30,887 36,930
 Medical 19,721 23,996 31,337
 Difference 7,452 6,891 5,593
 90% CI 3,688; 10,767 2,294; 11,386 −703; 11,267
 Percent PCI cost-saving 0.3 1.2 7.1
CABG vs. medical ($)
 CABG 35,509 36,949 41,559
 Medical 25,509 31,586 26,068
 Difference 9,999 5,363 15,491
 90% CI 4,972; 15,115 266; 10,391 6,285; 23,902
 Percent CABG cost-saving 0.1 4.4 0.7
CABG vs. PCI ($)
 CABG 33,673 36,204
 PCI 30,594 37,765
 Difference 3,079 −1,561
 90% CI 410; 5,676 −6,338; 3,071
 Percent CABG cost-saving 2.9 66.3
Moderate–severe CKD
PCI vs. medical ($)
 PCI 30,570 35,399 34,699
 Medical 25,648 38,775 35,486
 Difference 4,922 −3,375 −787
 90% CI −428; 10,128 −14,824; 5,852 −9,073; 6,689
 Percent PCI cost-saving 6.6 69.0 55.0
CABG vs. medical ($)
 CABG 45,328 59,127 47,331
 Medical 40,846 35,863 46,781
 Difference 4,482 23,264 549
 90% CI −9,524; 15,871 13,834; 32,539 −35,172; 25,362
 Percent CABG cost-saving 26.7 0.0 44.4
CABG vs. PCI ($)
 CABG 42,850 53,800
 PCI 34,475 33,429
 Difference 8,375 20,370
 90% CI 1,570; 16,074 11,501; 28,680
 Percent CABG cost-saving 1.8 0.0

CAD Coronary artery disease, VD ventricular, disease LMD left main disease, CKD chronic kidney disease