Table 2.

Comparison of cost of lower limb procedures.

S#	Procedure	%age difference in covid era (+for increase/- for decrease	P-values	Length of stay		p-value
				Pre-covid	Covid
1.	Bipolar hemiarthroplasty N = 5/12
	Ward	−38.02%	0.02	9.0 ± 4.0	5.58 ± 2.64	.134
	Semi-private	+7.89%	0.85
	Private	−25.58%%	0.28
2.	DHS N = 31/12			5.29 ± 2.4	4.17 ± 2.5	0.19
	Ward (n = 22/10)	0.7%	0.96
	Semi-private	–	–
	Private (n = 9/2)	−20.9%	0.25
3.	Intramedullary nailing of femur N = 16/6			4.31 ± 2.2	3.83 ± 1.5	0.57
	Ward (n = 11/2)	−0.28%	0.99
	Semi-private (n = 4/1)	−5.34%	0.26
	Private (n = 1/2)	−1.67%	0.13
4.	Intramedullary nailing of tibia N = 8/3		0.5153	2.75 ± 0.9	2.67 ± 1.5	0.94
	Ward (n = 6/2)	−1.33%	0.97
	Semi-private	–	–
	Private (n = 2/1)	+0.96%	0.90
5.	ORIF ankle fractures N = 13/8			4.31 ± 1.9	2.13 ± 2.0	0.036
	Ward (n = 4/4)	−41.37%	0.04
	Semi-private (n = 4/2)	−21.4%	0.25
	Private (n = 5/2)	−9.92%	0.81
6.	Peri-articular fractures around knee N = 9/6			4.0 ± 3.3	3.83 ± 1.8	0.90
	Ward (n = 7/5)	+15.28%	0.19
	Semi-private	–	–
	Private (n = 2/1)	+33.03%	0.60