Costs and quality of life of small-incision open cholecystectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy - an expertise-based randomised controlled trial

Table 3 Cholecystectomy costs for all patients

	LC (n = 177)	SIOC (n = 156)	P ^b
Total costs with loss of production (sick leave) included ^a
Median	5442.06	4783.90	0.003
p25-p75	4323–7000	3919–5906
Total costs, loss of production omitted ^a
Median	4210	3963	0.002
p25-p75	3851–5073	3512–4848
Operation costs^a
Median	3183	2882	<0.001
p25-p75	2959–3479	2638–3320

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