Table 5.

Estimated Treatment Effect on Total Direct Hospital Costs (in US$ with 95% CI) for Different LOS‐Defined Subsamples, Where Intervention Is Defined According to Timing and LOS Is Not Employed as a Covariate

	All	4 ≤LOS	4 ≤LOS ≤25	LOS ≤20
Intervention at any time (per Table 3)	+153 (−1,266 to +1,572)	+773 (−1,307 to +2,853)	−438 (−1,483 to +607)	−1,141 (−1,983 to −299)*
Intervention within 2 days	−2,280 (−3,438 to −1,122)*	−2,053 (−3,128 to −977)*	−1,767 (−2,840 to −693)*	−2,316 (−3,197 to −1,434)*

*p < .01.