Table 2

System and patient-borne costs within 6 months of discharge, according to frailty (n = 150)^*

Outcome	Cost, median (IQR), $CAD	Range, $CAD	Cost by clinical frailty score category, median (IQR) [max], $CAD						p value
Outcome	Cost, median (IQR), $CAD	Range, $CAD	1, n = 12	2, n = 34	3, n = 55	4, n = 26	5, n = 14	6, n = 9	p value
Overall cost	496 (140–1948)	40–48 893	1094 (301–26 656) [30 441]	300 (96–7084) [37 231]	358 (115–1124) [30 441]	878 (308–3632) [12 267]	196 (96–541) [4990]	1343 (913–4189) [48 893]	0.010
Health care services	138 (65–332)	0–44 232	90 (40–2144) [2144]	93 (40–196) [1712]	115 (65–329) [1532]	266 (129–859) [7639]	90 (40–212) [3627]	828 (331–1063) [44 232]	< 0.001
Medical products	0 (0–371)	0–4661	0 (0–150) [746]	0 (0–85) [679]	0 (0–230) [2489]	0 (0–484) [3267]	85 (0–457) [1630]	885 (417–3279) [4661]	< 0.001
Lost productivity	0 (0–0)	0–37 100	0 (0–26 636) [30 441]	0 (0–5327) [37 100]	0 (0–0) [30 441]	0 (0–0) [12 176]	0 (0–0) [0]	0 (0–0) [0]	0.002