Comparison of medical resource use and total admission cost in patients with acute myocardial infarction between on-hours visit versus off-hours visit

In conclusion, total admission cost was higher in AMI patients with off-hours visit than in those with on-hours visit. However, multivariat e logistic regression analysis revealed that the off-hours visit itself was not associated with the highest total admission cost. Off-hours visit itself did not result in higher cost, but severer conditions in AMI patients with off-hours visit resulted in higher cost.
Source: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research