Examination of Impact of After-Hours Admissions on Hospital Resource Use, Patient Outcomes, and Costs

Table 4

Costs by admission time period.

Variable name	Overall n = 14,265	Daytime hours (08:00–16:59) n = 4,352	Nighttime hours (17:00–07:59) n = 9,913	value
Total ICU cost, mean (SD)	27,170 (43,163)	28,809 (49,945)	26,450 (39,805)	0.003
All hospital total cost, mean (SD)	39,038 (60,133)	40,389 (67,934)	38,445 (56,363)	0.076
All hospital direct cost, mean (SD)	29,440 (45,497)	30,444 (51,387)	28,999 (42,651)	0.081