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World J Clin Cases. Feb 26, 2021; 9(6): 1271-1283
Published online Feb 26, 2021. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i6.1271

Table 3 Quantile regression analysis of hospitalization costs

Variable	Hospitalization costs
Variable	Q10	Q50	Q90
Operations times	0.038	0.067^b	0.133^b
LOS	0.162^b	0.174^b	0.228^b
Age	0.038^b	0.018^b	0.003
Gender (Contrast = Male)
Female	0.01	0.018	0.026^a
Payment methods (Contrast = Worker medical insurance)
Resident medical insurance	0.005	0.007	-0.008
Commercial medical insurance	-0.35	-0.751^b	-1.185^b
Individual medical care	0.176	0.034	-0.017
Public medical care	-0.184^b	-0.019	0.006
Other	-0.057	0.054	-0.107
Wound position (Contrast = None)
Trunk	-0.277	0.063	0.646^b
Upper limbs	-0.393	-0.066	0.502^a
Head and neck	-0.117	0.317	0.763^b
Prosthesis	-0.227	0.049	0.500
Organ	-0.314	0.2	0.760^b
Spinal cord	-0.342	-0.037	0.497^a
Lower limbs	-0.305	0.022	0.584^a
Wound type (Contrast = Dislocation)
Contusion	0.890^b	-0.153^a	-0.187^a
Soft tissue injury	0.942^b	-0.052	-0.08
Joint injury	0.757^b	-0.06	-0.112
Visceral rupture	0.851^b	0.015	0.047
Fracture	0.900^b	0.068	-0.006
Other	0.735^b	-0.162^a	-0.025
Operation type (Contrast = None)
Fixation	-0.024	-0.071^a	-0.209^b
Debridement and suturing	0.523^b	0.704^b	0.480^b
Surgical exploration	0.413^b	0.317^b	0.202^b
Open reduction	0.883^b	0.666^b	0.319^b
Replacement	1.023^b	0.717^b	0.355^b
Decompression	1.100^b	0.837^b	0.608^b
Other	0.276^b	0.452^b	0.286^b
Pseudo R²	0.5467	0.4767	0.3848

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01. LOS: Length of stay.

Citation: Su FY, Fu ML, Zhao QH, Huang HH, Luo D, Xiao MZ. Analysis of hospitalization costs related to fall injuries in elderly patients. World J Clin Cases 2021; 9(6): 1271-1283
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2307-8960/full/v9/i6/1271.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i6.1271

Su FY, Fu ML, Zhao QH, Huang HH, Luo D, Xiao MZ. Analysis of hospitalization costs related to fall injuries in elderly patients. World J Clin Cases 2021; 9(6): 1271-1283 [PMID: 33644194 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i6.1271]

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