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. 2017 Mar 10;13(7):1673–1680. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2017.1300730

Table 7.

Factors affecting the total cost in the inpatients and outpatients.

Inpatientsa    
Factors p Coefficients
Constant 0.001 −415.577
Age (≥ 65 years) 0.506 65.376
Gender (Male) 0.864 16.711
Presence of comorbidity 0.469 88.377
Length of hospital stay <0.001 119.664
Admission to ICU <0.001 752.723
Outpatientsb    
Factors
p
Coefficients
Constant <0.001 32.432
Age (≥ 65 years) 0.500 4.100
Gender (Male) 0.857 0.996
Presence of comorbidity <0.001 23.759

ICU, intensive care unit.

a

Total cost = −415.577+65.376* (Age (≥ 65 years))+ 16.711*(Gender (Male))+ 88.377*Presence of comorbidity+752.723* Admission to ICU.

b

Total cost = 32.432+4.100* (Age (≥ 65 years))+ 0.996*(Gender (Male))+ 23.759*Presence of comorbidity.