Table 2.

Financial performance by PACU discharge destination

PACU discharge destination	Home	Observation	Inpatient
Patients, n	58	209	186
Net revenue	7175*	7074*	10 997†
Total hospital costs	4734*	5781†	9066‡
OR services/supplies	2701*	2942†	3355‡
ED services/supplies	304*	303*	333†
Imaging and lab	245*	220*	527†
Pharmacy	326*	374*	602†
Profit margin	2462*	1325†	1931*

*, †, and ‡ identify groups within financial parameters that were statistically different based on post-hoc non-parametric tests, p<0.05.

ED, emergency department; OR, operating room; PACU, postanesthesia care unit.