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Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Oct;217(4):10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.06.017. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.06.017

Table 4.

Comparison of Unadjusted vs Adjusted Costs for Patients with an ISS>15 Treated at Non-Trauma Centers and Trauma Centers

Patients with ISS>15	Non-trauma center		Trauma center		Difference
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Unadjusted costs	$ 14,332	$5,112–$29,321	$ 35,069	$19,321–$88,357	<0.001
Adjusted costs^*	$ 48,682	$32,615–$69,993	$ 71,621	$29,126–$98,268	0.03

n for unadjusted analysis=131, n for adjusted analysis=54.

Adjusted for age, injury severity score, gender, mechanism of injury, pre-hospital heart rate, pre-hospital systolic blood pressure, pre-hospital GCS, having an interventional radiology or non-orthopedic surgery.

ISS, injury Severity Score; IQR, Interquartile Range.