Research Article

Acupuncture in the Inpatient Acute Care Setting: A Pragmatic, Randomized Control Trial

Table 3

Average ratio of actual-to-expected LOS and total costs by APR-DRG group for groups with .

Not offeredOffered value
Diagnosis grouping (APR-DRGs) LOS mean (SD)Total costs mean (SD)LOS mean (SD)Total costs mean (SD)LOScosts

All participants3360.94 (0.4)0.95 (0.5)1.04 (0.5)1.00 (0.5).108.308
Pulmonary (121–143)250.90 (0.7)0.77 (0.5)1.16 (0.6)1.30 (0.8).123.391
 Pneumonia (139)111.41 (0.7)1.11 (0.6)1.21 (0.7)1.51 (0.9).702.504
Cardiovascular (161–207)1111.00 (0.5)0.95 (0.3)1.16 (0.6)1.07 (0.4).170.147
 Bypass (165–166)121.09 (0.3)0.85 (0.1)0.93 (0.2)0.95 (0.2).341.512
 PCI w/AMI (174)321.06 (0.4)1.00 (0.2)1.04 (0.5)1.01 (0.3).876.927
 Heart failure (194)170.84 (0.3)0.80 (0.2)1.38 (0.6)1.49 (0.7).049.021
Gastrointestinal (221–284)320.79 (0.3)0.91 (0.6)0.98 (0.5)0.89 (0.4).266.901
Musculoskeletal (300–347)1200.94 (0.4)0.89 (0.2)0.93 (0.4)0.91 (0.3).868.773
  Hip/knee (302)731.01 (0.3)0.96 (0.2)0.97 (0.4)1.00 (0.2).636.439
  Total knee (8154)451.01 (0.4)0.98 (0.2)1.01 (0.5)0.95 (0.2).993.612
  Total hip (8151)211.03 (0.3)1.00 (0.1)0.96 (0.3)1.10 (0.2).659.350
  Back fusion (304)110.81 (0.2)0.76 (0.2)0.75 (0.2)0.72 (0.2).476.476
  Intervertebral disc (310)210.67 (0.1)0.70 (0.1)0.96 (0.5)0.79 (0.3).040.362
Uterine procedures (513)140.82 (0.2)0.85 (0.1)0.98 (0.2)0.95 (0.2).373.373

may differ from that shown in Table 2 since estimates of expected LOS and costs were not available for all participants.
COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PCI: percutaneous coronary interventions; AMI: acute myocardial infarction.