Burden of anemia in patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in French secondary care

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Resource utilization, descriptive results^a

	Public		Private
	Arthritis without anemia	Arthritis with anemia	Arthritis without anemia	Arthritis with anemia
	n = 161,121	n = 1,941	n = 139,783	n = 803
Mean length of stay, days (SD)	8.0 (9.9)	11.9 (14.1)	9.8 (7.8)	10.7 (10.2)
Missing, n	4,403	26	2,087	25
Mean number of associated procedures (SD)	2.6 (3.2)	3.7 (4.9)	4.3 (2.8)	4.8 (3.7)
Mean total cost, € (SD)	4,190 (5,940)	5,870 (9,433)	3,380 (2,038)	2,700 (2,100)
Missing, n	4,499	29	188	3

^aDue to differences in the reference costs and financing systems of public and private hospitals in France, reference cost information was not equivalent in the two sectors and, therefore, was not directly comparable.

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