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. 2012 Jan;33(1):49–51. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A2739

Hospitalization costs in 2008 for clipping and coiling of unruptured intracranial aneurysms

Variable Clipping
Coiling
P Clipping vs Coiling
Median Cost (US $2008) IQR (US $2008) P Median Cost (US $2008) IQR (US $2008) P
All patients 24,123 18,775–31,523 26,018 17,544–37,001 .04
Sex
    Male 25,236 19,463–35,432 .06 25,954 16,917–38,799 .91 .69
    Female 23,724 18,251–31,033 26,018 17,793–36,038 .008
Age (yr)
<65 24,288 18,237–31,578 .95 26,476 17,865–36,264 .52 .03
≥65 23,568 19,039–31,275 25,121 16,850–37,416 .63
Discharge status
    Home/short-term facility 23,574 18,233–29,941 <.001 25,734 17,436–35,846 <.001 <.001
    Long-term facility 36,188 21,831–55,308 40,502 24,289–50,108 .51
    Dead 68,165 32,972–100,211 56,020 .77