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Published in final edited form as: Surg Endosc. 2017 Sep 15;32(3):1515–1524. doi: 10.1007/s00464-017-5839-8

Table 4.

Payments by completed and converted on the minimally invasive surgery (MIS) stratum as adjusted means and differences with 95% confidence intervals

Payment category	Converted (n = 264)	Completed (n = 1615)	p Value
Total episode	18,098 (16,904, 19,292)	15,518 (15,041, 15,994)	<0.001
Index	15,660 (14,967, 16,353)	13,743 (13,463, 14,023)	<0.001
Post discharge	365 (−190, 920)	58 (−174, 291)	0.216
Readmission	357 (−111, 825)	296 (103, 489)	0.771
Professional	382 (322, 442)	396 (371, 421)	0.614