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Table 2 Estimated cost and length of stay with and without complications: results using 2008 HCUP NIS data a

From: Immunonutrition for patients undergoing elective surgery for gastrointestinal cancer: impact on hospital costs

Input variable

With complications (SD)

Without complications (SD)

With or without complications (SD)

Upper and lower GI combined, N = 95,198; Infectious Complication rate, 11.2%

Cost per day

  

$2,948 ($2,642)

Cost per stay

$53,361 ($62,039)

$20,406 ($21,541)

$24,096 ($30,838)

Length of stay

18.24 (16.25)

7.43 (4.99)

8.64 (7.96)

Upper and Lower GI Combined, N = 95,198, Infectious + Other Complication Rate = 20.8%

Cost per day

  

$2,948 ($2,642)

Cost per stay

$41,119 ($52,420)

$19,628 ($19,580)

$24,096 ($30,838)

Length of stay

14.81 (13.41)

7.02 (4.49)

8.64 (7.96)

Upper GI only, N = 11,291; Infectious Complication rate, 17.1%

Cost per day

  

$3,773 ($4,733)

Cost per stay

$85,451 ($89,124)

$34,194 ($37,964)

$42,895 ($53,988)

Length of stay

25.03 (19.92)

10.11 (6.32)

12.65 (12.61)

Lower GI only, N = 83,974; Infectious Complication rate, 10.4%

Cost per day

  

$2,838 ($2,167)

Cost per stay

$46,320 ($51,728)

$18,697 ($17,764)

$21,572 ($25,147)

Length of stay in days

16.75 (14.48)

7.09 (4.42)

8.10 (6.93)

  1. Abbreviations: NIS Â Nationwide Inpatient Sample; GI gastrointestinal; HCUP Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project; SD standard deviation.
  2. a Costs in flated from 2008 dollars to 2010 using the medical care component of the US Consumer Price Index.