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 5 Drugs prescribed preemptively

Hospital cost (THB)	IV morphine (n = 929)		Other analgesics (n = 108)		Weighted median regression
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Adjusted Effect	95% CI	p− value
Acetaminophen
Amount	80	62.120	80	60,120	0	− 8.25 to 8.25	1.000
Cost	42	36,60	40	32.62	2	− 2.12 to 6.12	0.341
Analgesics combined
Amount	47	24,96	59	36.5,116	− 12	− 41.38 to 17.38	0.421
Cost	111	52,476	174	78.5,1049	− 78	− 468.67 to 312.67	0.694
Nonselective NSAIDs
Amount	24	12,44	22	8,36	6	− 5.42 to 17.42	0.301
Cost	36	18,68	32	12,58	10	− 4.28 to 24.28	0.169
Selective NSAIDs
Amount	18	6,30	24	12,50	− 6	− 24.98 to 12.98	0.529
Cost	456	222,990	700	318,1590	− 284	− 915.55 to 347.55	0.372
Weak opioid
Amount	4	2,32.5	3	1.5,38	2	− 6.94 to 10.94	0.658
Cost	86	20,299	66	15,394	26	− 53.75 to 105.75	0.519

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