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Published in final edited form as: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Dec 23;154(3):486–493. doi: 10.1177/0194599815621739

Table 3.

Unadjusted Cost and Outcomes, Univariate Regression Results by Hospital Type, Weighted Data.^a

	Total Hospital Cost, Univariate Regression (2015 Dollars)		Length of Stay, d		Hemorrhage		Respiratory Failure		Overall Complications
Hospital Designation	Mean Difference	95% CI	Mean Difference	95% CI	Odds Ratio	95% CI	Odds Ratio	95% CI	Odds Ratio	95% CI
Non-children’s teaching hospital	Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference
Children’s teaching hospital	4734.06	3201.13 to 6266.99^b	0.951	0.581 to 1.322^b	1.50	1.10 to 2.04^b	1.57	1.08 to 2.28^b	1.56	1.22 to 1.99^b
Nonteaching hospital	−964.63	−1611.04 to −318.21^b	−0.214	−0.418 to −0.009^b	1.39	1.03 to 1.87^b	0.60	0.36 to 1.00	1.01	0.77 to 1.31

Interpretation: mean difference—for example, average total hospital costs for pediatric tonsillectomies preformed at children’s teaching hospitals were $4730 (95% CI, $3200–$6270) higher than average total hospitals costs for pediatric tonsillectomies performed at non–children’s teaching hospitals. Odds ratio—the odds of complications at children’s teaching hospitals were 1.56 (95% CI, 1.32–1.94) times higher than the odds of complications at non–children’s teaching hospitals.

Indicates statistical significance (2-sided P <.05).