Table 5.

Top 10 most expensive inpatient encounters grouped by diagnostic categories.

Patients with inpatient encounters	Single encounter			Multiple encounter
CCSR Diagnostic Category, n ($ mean cost)	CG	IG	Overall	CG	IG	Overall
Nonrheumatic and unspecified valve disorders				2 ($73,659)*		2 ($73,659)
Heart failureCG, IG**	3 ($10,660)	2 ($12,383)	5 ($11,349)	4 ($9,979)	3 ($8,839)	7 ($9,491)
SepticemiaCG				3 ($31,505)		3 ($31,505)
Gastrointestinal hemorrhageIG		1 ($40,958)	1 ($40,958)	2 ($7,582)	1 ($38,007)	3 ($17,724)
COPD and bronchiectasisCG	3 ($9,175)		3 ($9,175)	2 ($19,444)		2 ($19,444)
Biliary tract diseaseCG	1 ($20,300)		1 ($20,300)	2 ($19,448)		2 ($19,448)
Pneumonia (except that caused by tuberculosis)	1 ($16,886)	1 ($15,750)	2 ($16,318)	1 ($21,905)		1 ($21,905)
Cardiac dysrhythmias		2 ($25,644)	2 ($25,644)
Other specified nervous system disordersCG	1 ($27,908)		1 ($27,908)	2 ($9,810)		2 ($9,810)
Abdominal hernia				1 ($45,795)		1 ($45,795)

*Each cell represents the number of inpatient encounters associated with each diagnosis category with the average cost per encounter in parentheses.

**CG, IG—among top 10 most frequent conditions for the Control and the Intervention group.