Table 2.
Hospital length of stay, costs, and emergency room and clinic visits based on operative approach
| ORIF (n = 31) | Percutaneous (n = 63) | P value | |
| Initial hospitalization | |||
| Average LOS (d) | 9.1 | 6.1 | 0.043 |
| Average time (admission-surgery) | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.062 |
| Average time (surgery-discharge) | 6.6 | 4.6 | 0.045 |
| Average LOS costs | $45300 | $31710 | 0.043 |
| Average anesthesia costs | $4265 | $2496 | 0.001 |
| Average surgical costs | $13490 | $9089 | < 0.001 |
| Average ancillary costs | $27811 | $18476 | 0.239 |
| Average clinic visits | 4.1 | 3.5 | 0.123 |
| Average ER visits | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.465 |
| Readmissions | |||
| Average LOS (d) | 5.5 | 5.7 | 0.954 |
| Average days to readmission | 13.5 | 16.5 | 0.552 |
| Average ER visits | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.267 |
| Average clinic visits | 5.0 | 3.5 | 0.323 |
LOS: Length of stay.