ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
The Effects of Anastomotic Leaks on the Net Revenue from Colon Surgery.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Background: Complications in colon surgery can have severe health consequences, while at the same time, they are associated with increased costs. An anastomotic leak (AL) is associated with significantly increased costs compared to cases without. The aim of our analysis was to evaluate, which individual processes and patient-unrelated factors influencing the treatment process of colon surgery are responsible for the financial burden in patients with AL. Methods: Data from 263 patients who underwent colon surgery in Wetzikon hospital between January 2018 and December 2020 and was analyzed. In these 263 cases, 12 anastomotic leaks occurred and were compared with 36 cases without AL using a Propensity Score Matching (PSM). The covariates for the PSM have been Age, Sex, and Type of Surgery (t value: −3.26, p-value: 0.001). Results: A total of 48 surgeries were broken down in terms of costs and profitability. This reflected a mean deficit of −37,527 CHF per case (range from −130.05 to +755 CHF) for patients with AL, whereas a mean profit of 1590 CHF per case (range from −24.37 to +12.65 CHF) for those without AL (p < 0.001). Thus, the difference in profit showed a factor of 24.6 with an overall significant negative outcome for the occurrence of AL. The main cost contributing factors were the length of hospital stay (~p < 0.05) and length of intensive care (p < 0.05), whereas neither surgical operation time and anesthesia time nor surgical access, insurance status, indication or type of operation had a significant influence on the net revenue. Conclusion: AL after colon surgery leads to a significant deficit regarding the net revenue. Regarding process optimization, our analysis identified several sectors of non-patient-related, yet cost-influencing variables that should be addressed in future evaluations and optimization of the colon surgery treatment processes.
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