Table III.
Contribution margin by specialty and indication
| Contribution margin |
P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consult |
No consult |
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| No. | Median (IQR), $ | No. | Median (IQR), $ | ||
| Specialty | |||||
| Spine exposure | 140 | $12,957 ($69,236) | 0 | ||
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 17 | $40,350 ($315,475) | 1810 | $19,501 ($75,991) | .07 |
| Hepatobiliary surgery | 10 | $10,192 ($33,939) | 1788 | $5,457 ($48,521) | .44 |
| Neurosurgery | 5 | $20,925 ($27,287) | 2179 | $8,626 ($31,519) | .92 |
| Orthopedic surgery | 9 | $20,708 ($42,242) | 3938 | $2,667 ($21,561) | .06 |
| Urology | 13 | $15,854 ($57,622) | 3787 | $2,780 ($20,208) | .58 |
| Vascular | 0 | 735 | $913 ($19,094) | ||
| Other | 14 | —$2,744 ($31,698) | 5357 | $8,123 ($27,470) | .04 |
| All | 208 | $14,406 ($62,696) | 19594 | $5,491 ($28,587) | .002 |
| Indicationa | |||||
| All | 8 | $45,842 ($294,262) | |||
| Bleeding | 13 | $3,236 ($22,734) | |||
| Exposure | 155 | $13,538 ($64,235) | |||
| Reconstruction | 28 | $19,341 ($64,201) | |||
| Other | 4 | $9,884 ($115,709) | |||
IQR, Interquartile range.
Boldface entries indicate statistical significance (P < .05).
a
No indication for cases without consult.