Table 2.

Recipient and center volume associations with transplant admission cost

	Percent Change*	95% Confidence Interval
Age (per year change)	−0.30	−0.74 to 0.15
Female sex	1.46	−2.86 to 5.77
Diagnosis group
Group A, COPD	Reference	Reference
Group B, pulmonary hypertension	18.64	2.00–35.29
Group C, cystic fibrosis	–26.52	–8.00 to –45.04
Group D, pulmonary fibrosis	5.31	−3.11 to 13.73
Single transplant procedure	–26.23	–18.66 to –33.80
Pretransplant life support	40.02	24.37–55.67
Lung allocation score
<35	Reference	Reference
35–40	10.21	0.5–19.92
40–50	14.93	3.86–26.01
>50	25.04	11.27–38.81
Center volume
Low	11.66	0.5–22.79
Intermediate	11.67	−1.74 to 25.07
High	Reference	Reference

Definition of abbreviation: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Significant associations are presented in boldface.

^*Reflects percent change from the reference model cost of $144,770.