Table 2

Mean Cost, Resource Intensity Weight (RIW) and Length of Stay (LOS) for Each Case Mix Group (CMG)

Cost/RIW/ LOSCMG
356 (n = 134)579 (n = 100)580 (n = 206)581 (n = 59)876 (n = 32)
Cost, Can$
 Total10 196.955 340.733 504.514 060.8130 746.88
 Range2 000–42 0001 579–34 4391 148–16 4131 612–8 5604 775–233 998
RIW
 Total3.33441.47951.17651.11726.7943
 Range0.82–13.41.2–6.81.0–3.61.1–2.61.4–28.8
LOS, d
 Total12.1578.2705.2287.20319.188
 Range1–841–471–232–182–124
  • CMG 356 = nontraumatic femoral fracture, CMG 579 = nonmalignant major gynecologic procedures, CMG 580 = other major gynecologic procedures, CMG 581 = procedures for endometriosis, CMG 876 = multiple significant trauma with lower extremity fractures.