TABLE 5 ] .
Adjusted Regression Models for Nurse-Assessed Quality of Dying (n = 523)
| Cost, 2013 US $a | β (95% CI)b | P Value |
| Average daily cost in the ICU | −0.4 (−0.8, −0.1) | < .01 |
| Total ICU costs | −0.1 (−0.3, 0.0) | .07 |
| Total hospital costs | −0.2 (−0.3, 0.0) | .05 |
a
Cost variable of interest has been adjusted for inflation and log transformed so that all costs were compared at the 2013 US dollar value.
b
All models adjusted for intervention (pre/post), hospital, patient insurance type (underinsured vs private/Medicare), patient age, and clustered on nurse ID to account for correlation in nurse surveys.