Table 3 Adjusted mean hospital charges and post-onset length of stay in patients with severe sepsis

From: Severe sepsis: variation in resource and therapeutic modality use among academic centers

	Total charges ($)		Post-onset LOS (days)
Site	Adjusted mean ± SE	Difference ± SE	Adjusted mean ± SE	Difference ± SE
C1	96,272 ± 6493	Reference	20.1 ± 1.3	Reference
C2	84,514 ± 8221	-11,758 ± 10,537	19.7 ± 1.6	-0.4 ± 2.0
C3	237,898 ± 12,129	141,626 ± 13,758*	20.9 ± 2.3	0.8 ± 2.7
C4	69,429 ± 9562	-26,843 ± 11,561*	22.0 ± 1.8	1.9 ± 2.2
C5	92,778 ± 10,084	-3494 ± 12,001	22.4 ± 1.9	2.3 ± 2.3
C6	100,461 ± 11,565	4189 ± 13,283	18.8 ± 2.2	-1.3 ± 2.6
C7	188,835 ± 10,385	92,563 ± 12,244 *	15.9 ± 2.0	-4.2 ± 2.4
C8	83,043 ± 9484	-13,229 ± 11,516	24.2 ± 1.8	4.1 ± 2.2
	r² = 0.46, P < 0.001		r² = 0.22, P < 0.001

Adjusted means and r² were calculated in the generalized linear models, including age, sex, Charlson comorbidity score, discharge diagnosis-related group weight, organ dysfunction, and service at onset of sepsis. C, center; LOS, length of stay; SE, standard error. * P < 0.05, versus C1.

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