Table 6.

Costs of treatment between the two groups

Variables	General (66)	Pre (32)	Post (34)	p
Costs of hospitalization	2567 (1642–4137)	2765 (2185–4333)	2135 (1472–3800)	0.043
Ward	1436 (763–2311)	1623 (1155–2507)	922 (657–1798)	0.009
ICU	817 (741–1661)	1472 (747–2100)	807 (741–1614)	0.383
30-day outpatient costs
Clinic	43 (35–87)	45 (0–85)	43 (40–87)	0.734
Emergency department	0 (0–537)	0 (0–0)	0 (0–613)	0.356
Overall costs until 30th POD	2963 (2041–4624)	3563 (2290–4915)	2511 (1796–4132)	0.112

Legend: Data are presented as median and interquartile interval in dollars (US$)

Intrahospitalar deaths were excluded from the analysis of outpatient costs

The Mann-Whitney test was used for all comparisons

ICU intensive care unit, POD postoperative day;