| Inpatient death | Length-of-stay | Inpatient cost |
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Comorbidity profile | RR (95% CI) | p-value | IRR (95% CI) | p-value | Relative cost (95% CI) | p-value |
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Lifestyleâ€
| 1.023 (0.945-1.108) | 0.573 | 1.149 (1.135-1.163) | <0.001 | 111.9% (110.0%-113.9%) | <0.001 |
Renalâ€
| 1.302 (1.223-1.387) | <0.001 | 1.269 (1.254-1.284) | <0.001 | 123.5% (121.5%-125.4%) | <0.001 |
Neurovascularâ€
| 1.445 (1.280-1.631) | <0.001 | 1.336 (1.291-1.381) | <0.001 | 136.7% (131.3%-142.3%) | <0.001 |
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Note: All estimates are adjusted for age, gender, race, median income of the patient’s zip code, primary healthcare payer, and weekend vs. weekday admissions, as well as hospital bed size (small, medium, or large) control (government or private, government/nonfederal (public), private/non-profit, private/investor owned, private), location (rural, urban), region (Northeast, Midwest, South, West) and teaching status (non-teaching, teaching).
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*Estimates generated using discharge weights (population estimate n = 976,664).
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†Relative to the "common" comorbidity profile.
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Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval calculated from weighted standard errors; IRR, incident rate ratio; RR, relative risk.