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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Sep 4;98(5):1660–1666. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.032

Table 6.

Estimated cost savings

Estimated cost savings during the study period*
Operation If major complications
reduced by 10%		 If those with LOS +1–3 days
reduced to ≤ median
ASD repair $72,396 $1,550,529
VSD repair $347,817 $3,862,510
TOF repair $656,606 $3,753,565
Fontan $1,498,377 $3,638,318
BDG/Hemi-Fontan $1,634,902 $3,628,331
CAVC repair $1,197,753 $3,185,342
ASO $2,076,980 $4,198,048
Truncus repair $1,387,169 $795,235
Norwood $7,944,128 $3,929,351
*

in the hospitals included in the study cohort