Actualsampledischarges(n) | Nationalestimate(% of category) | Outcome of submersion injury weighted percentage (95% CI) | |||
No permanentmorbidity | Permanentmorbidity | In-hospital death | |||
Total | 1475 | 2488 (100.0) | 82.5 (80.2 to 84.6) | 5.8 (4.7 to 7.2) | 11.6 (9.9 to 13.7) |
Length of stay (days) | |||||
0–1 | 881 | 1469 (59.0) | 91.0 (88.3 to 93.1) | 0.5 (0.2 to 1.3) | 8.5 (6.4 to 11.2) |
2–3 | 318 | 545 (21.9) | 85.2 (80.9 to 88.7) | 2.0 (1.0 to 4.1) | 12.8 (9.5 to 17.0) |
4–7 | 145 | 247 (9.9) | 69.7 (60.7 to 77.4) | 7.2 (3.8 to 13.2) | 23.1 (16.2 to 31.9) |
8–14 | 60 | 105 (4.2) | 44.0 (32.1 to 56.6) | 29.1 (20.5 to 39.5) | 26.9 (17.1 to 39.7) |
⩾15 | 71 | 122 (4.9) | 28.1 (17.2 to 42.4) | 63.8 (51.0 to 75.0) | 8.1 (3.7 to 16.5) |
All submersion injuries | No permanent morbidity | Permanent morbidity | In-hospital death | ||
Hospital costs (US$)* | |||||
Total hospital costs | – | 9 550 704 | 4 048 000 | 3 565 172 | 1 906 808 |
Percentage of total hospital costs | – | 100.0 | 42.4 | 37.3 | 20.0 |
Mean | – | 8 651 | 4 400 | 52 429 | 16 438 |
Median | – | 2 281 | 1 841 | 41 950 | 10 025 |
Interquartile range | – | 1 251–6 165 | 1 147–3 671 | 13 729–70 436 | 5 445–22 445 |
Source: Kids’ Inpatient Database, 2003.
*Cases with invalid or missing cost information (n = 371) are not reported.