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Published in final edited form as: J Hosp Med. 2015 Feb 13;10(6):358–365. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2329

Table 4.

Costs per visit for febrile young infants ≤56 days of age at institutions with and without CPGs.

Cost, Median (IQR)	≤ 28 days			29-56 days

	No CPG	CPG	P-value	No CPG	CPG	P-value

*Admitted*	(n=751)	(n=1753)		(n=1156)	(n=1586)
*Admitted*	$4979 ($3408, $6607)	$4715 ($3472, $6526)	0.79	$3756 ($2725, $5041)	$3923 ($3077, $5243)	< 0.001

*Discharged*	(n=245)	(n=396)		(n=1304)	(n=2186)
*Discharged*	$298 ($166, $510)	$231 ($160, $464)	0.10	$681 ($398, $982)	$764 ($412, $1100)	< 0.001

Abbreviations: CPG, clinical practice guideline; IQR, inter-quartile range