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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transpl Int. 2015 Dec 9;29(2):241–252. doi: 10.1111/tri.12711

Table 2.

Adjusted associations of first-year infections with marginal costs in the first year, and in years 2–3 after transplantation.*

1 yr costs (including Tx) 2–3 yr Costs
Parameter Estimate,
$ per period
Parameter Estimate,
$ per period
Infection Events
  UTI alone 17,691 8,372
  Pneumonia alone 39,593 15,247
  Sepsis alone 53,965 20,676
  UTI + Pneumonia 60,615 25,171
  UTI + Sepsis 65,195 28,191
  Pneumonia + Sepsis 123,242 38,053
  UTI + Pneumonia + Sepsis 134,773 36,055
*

Adjusted for all recipient, donor and transplant factors in Table 1. Please see Appendix 4 for complete cost regression results.

P-values compared to no infection:

P 0.0001–0.001;

P < 0.0001