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2105627

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-3-5
pubmed:abstractText
This is a prospective study of 500 consecutive patients having coronary artery bypass surgery; mean hospital charge from time of surgery to discharge was +11,900 +/- 12,700. Multiple regression analysis was performed using preoperative variables and postoperative complications. No preoperative clinical feature was a significant predictor of higher average charge. Sternal wound infection (p = 0.0001), respiratory failure (p = 0.0001) and left ventricular failure (p = 0.017) were associated with higher average hospital charge. The absence of any complication predicted a lower average charge, and postoperative death (4.4 +/- 4.5 days after surgery) was also associated with lower average charge. A cost equation was developed: hospital charge equalled $11,217 + $41,559 of sternal wound infection, + $28,756 for respiratory failure, + $5,186 for left ventricular failure, - $1,798 for no complication and - $6,019 for death. Recognition of the influence of complications on charges suggests that low average charges can only be achieved by surgical programs with a low complication rate.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0002-9149
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
309-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Determinants of hospital charges for coronary artery bypass surgery: the economic consequences of postoperative complications.
pubmed:affiliation
Prairie Cardiovascular Center, Springfield, Illinois.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't