Appendix Table A2.

Sensitivity Analysis of Total Operating Costs, Length of Stay, and Variable Costs (U.S. Dollars) for Individual Observations in Inclusive Analysis, Matched on Death

Days to consultation	Full matched sample			Among in-hospital decedents			Among survivors to hospital discharge
	N = 3855			N = 496			N = 3417
	Controls	Consult	p	Controls	Consult	p	Controls	Consult	p
Total operating costs
0–1	7750	7590	0.19	10639	8796.1	0.008*	7581	7460	0.326
2–3	10,961	11,315	0.114	14,847	14328.7	0.683	10,615	10,875	0.243
4–5	14,240	14,145	0.819	21,494	16687.6	0.021*	13,525	13,642	0.779
6–10	20,495	21,195	0.265	28,012	24564.8	0.185	19,480	20,412	0.148
Length of stay
0–1	5.2	5.2	0.644	4.8	4.7	0.902	5.3	5.3	0.685
2–3	6.7	6.7	0.968	7.4	6.7	0.089	6.6	6.7	0.507
4–5	9.1	9.0	0.811	9.4	8.2	0.053	9.0	9.2	0.555
6–10	12.7	12.7	0.95	12.6	11.3	0.145	12.7	13	0.428
Variable costs
0–1	3308	3025	0.092	4578	4021	0.064	3235	2917	0.082
2–3	4172	4017	0.641	5735	5450	0.51	4040	3827	0.555
4–5	4719	5140	0.489	7637	6682	0.154	4376	4875	0.457
6–10	7110	7684	0.48	9805	9671	0.885	6779	7247	0.609