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Table 7 Covariate and equation parameters for linear regression of hospitalization costs

From: A multi-center nested case-control study on hospitalization costs and length of stay due to healthcare-associated infection

Variable

Unstandardized

Coefficients

Std. Error

Standardized

Coefficients

Statistics

(t)

P

Constant

3.820

.120

 

31.944

.000

HAIs sites

 Blood related

.762

.208

.265

3.661

.000

 Superficial incision

.482

.128

.320

3.760

.000

 Organ lacunar

.673

.308

.149

2.184

.030

 Deep incision

.774

.195

.294

3.961

.000

 Intra-abdominal tissue

.695

.435

.109

1.595

.113

 Urinary

.511

.124

.360

4.120

.000

 Skin soft-tissue

.422

.151

.222

2.789

.006

 Lower respiratory

.606

.104

.625

5.820

.000

 Gastrointestinal

.060

.190

.023

.315

.753

 Other

−.049

.429

−.008

−.114

.909

Classification of GDP

 1

.088

.124

.057

.710

.479

 2

−.052

.081

−.053

−.649

.517

 3

−.076

.096

−.064

−.784

.434

Classification of the number of hospital beds

 1

−.241

.102

−.184

−2.367

.019

 2

−.162

.090

−.149

−1.795

.075

 3

.013

.097

.012

.138

.890