. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 14.

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

Table 4.

Risk-Adjusted Cost and Outcome Regression Results by Managing Hospital Designation, Weighted.^a

	Total Hospital Cost (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	3155.87	2169.75 to 4141.99^b	0.69	0.45 to 0.93^b	1.58	1.14 to 2.20^b	1.32	0.86 to 2.03	1.48	1.15 to 1.91^b
Nonteaching hospital	−328.16	−811.24 to 154.92	−0.023	−0.18 to 0.136	1.33	0.95 to 1.86	0.95	0.58 to 1.55	1.24	0.94 to 1.63

Interpretation: mean difference—for example, average total hospital costs for pediatric tonsillectomies preformed at children’s teaching hospitals were $3160 (95% CI, $2170–$4150) 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 1.48 (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).