Table 4 General characteristics of patients and expenditure of Lipo-PGE1 in pre-, during, and post-intervention periods.

From: Efficacy of administrative intervention for neurosurgical patients with off-label use of alprostadil lipid microsphere

Characteristics

Pre-intervention (n = 268)

Intervention (n = 263)

Post-intervention (n = 270)

p-valuea

p-valueb

Male (n, %)

169 (63.06)

171 (65.02)

179 (66.30)

NS

NS

Age, mean ± SD

57.91 ± 14.46

59.35 ± 16.48

56.02 ± 15.38

NS

0.039

Operation (n, %)

84 (31.34)

79 (30.04)

90 (33.33)

NS

NS

Mean overall hospitalization costs (RMB)

32,256.20

28,652.58

32,870.29

NS

NS

Mean Lipo-PGE1 costs (RMB)

1714.77

1097.32

1224.79

 < 0.001

NS

Mean duration of Lipo-PGE1 (day)

10.53

7.01

7.75

 < 0.001

NS

Mean hospitalization days

14.19

13.44

14.56

NS

NS

  1. aThe statistical differences between pre-intervention and intervention groups.
  2. bThe statistical differences between intervention and post-intervention groups.
  3. NS not significant (P > 0.05).
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