Outcomes of hip fracture treatment with intravenous morphine and with other analgesics: postoperative analgesic medical expense, severity of pain and hospitalisation—a retrospective study

Table 4 Drugs prescribed as needed for pain control

Hospital cost (THB)	IV morphine (n = 929)		Other analgesics (n = 108)		Weighted median regression
Hospital cost (THB)	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Adjusted Effect	95% CI	p− value
Acetaminophen
Amount	82	64,120	100	64,120	− 18	− 30.14 to − 5.86	0.004
Cost	46	32,60	50	32,70	− 10	− 16.07 to − 3.93	0.001
Combined
Amount	58	30,96	40	27,87	12	− 13.70 to 37.70	0.359
Cost	145	68,612	225	74,738	− 84	− 437,40 to 269.40	0.640
Nonselective NSAIDs
Amount	34	12,56	24	12,60	8	− 9.43 to 25.43	0.367
Cost	39.5	18,72	48	22,76	− 16	− 43.50 to 11.50	0.253
Selective NSAIDs
Amount	20	10,40	30.5	18,52	− 6	− 19.02 to 7.02	0.362
Cost	540	282,1060	941	477,1410	− 404	− 749.10 to − 58.89	0.022
Weak opioid
Amount	4	2,41	10	2,22	− 6	− 15,17 to 3.17	0.199
Cost	86	20,296	130	41.5,261	− 60	− 166.18 to 46.18	0.267

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