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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 3.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Intern Med. 2008 Jan 14;168(1):27–32. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2007.4

Table 2.

Unadjusted Survival and Cost Outcomes

Measure Total cohort (N=841) Delirium group (N=109) Non-delirium group (N=732) p-value
Died within 1 year, N (%) 208 (25) 47 (43) 161 (22) <.001
Days of follow-up
  Mean ± SD 313 ± 116 256 ± 157 322 ± 106 0.89
  Median 369 369 369
Total health care costs*
  Mean ± SD $50,745 ± $48,113 $69,498 ± $59,120 $47,958 ± $45,640 <.001
  Median $33,295 $56,722 $30,662
Total costs per day survived*
 All patients
  Mean ± SD $256 ± $396 $563 ± $774 $211 ± $276 <.001
  Median $140 $322 $117
 Patients who died during study period
  Mean ± SD $461 ± $481 $732 ± $773 $382 ± $316 0.004
  Median $332 $471 $287
 Patients who survived during entire study period
  Mean ± SD $104 ± $100 $186 ± $122 $95 ± $92 <.001
  Median $66 $159 $60
*

Costs are adjusted for inflation and are reported in 2005 dollars.

P-values are for comparison of the delirium and non-delirium groups.