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. 2014 Jun 26;146(6):1594–1603. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-0182

TABLE 3 ] .

Family-Assessed Outcomes Stratified by Insurance Typea

Costs per Insurance Group FS-ICU (n = 302) QODD-1 (n = 292)
No. β (95% CI) P Value No. β (95% CI) P Value
Average ICU cost per dayb
 Private/Medicare 236 −1.0 (−4.0, 2.0) .50 228 −0.0 (−0.6, 0.5) .85
 Underinsured 66 9.1 (3.9, 14.2) < .01 64 1.4 (0.4, 2.3) .01
Total ICU costb
 Private/Medicare 236 −0.1 (−1.2, 1.0) .90 228 −0.0 (−0.3, 0.2) .70
 Underinsured 66 −1.1 (−4.7, 2.6) .56 64 −0.2 (−0.9, 0.4) .50
Total hospital costb
 Private/Medicare 236 −0.2 (−1.4, 1.0) .79 228 −0.0 (−0.3, 0.2) .72
 Underinsured 66 −1.2 (−4.6, 2.3) .50 64 −0.3 (−0.9, 0.3) .31

See Table 2 legend for expansion of abbreviations.

a

All are fully interacted models that included level and interaction terms for intervention (pre/post), hospital, patient age, and patient insurance status (underinsured vs private/Medicare).

b

Cost variable of interest has been log transformed and adjusted for inflation and so that all costs were compared at the 2013 US dollar value.