Hospital Cost of Complications Associated With Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

We identified 6,791 coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) cases using the Massachusetts hospital discharge data to quantify the contribution of complications to the cost of a hospitalization for CABG. After adjusting for in-hospital mortality and baseline clinical severity as other contributors to...

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 1997-06, Vol.79 (12), p.1680-1682
Main Authors: Hall, Ruth E., Ash, Arlene S., Ghali, William A., Moskowitz, Mark A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Comorbidity
Coronary Artery Bypass - adverse effects
Coronary Artery Bypass - economics
Coronary vessels
Cost Allocation - methods
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Databases, Factual
Female
Heart
Hospital costs
Hospital Costs - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Massachusetts - epidemiology
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Models, Economic
Postoperative Complications - economics
Postoperative Complications - epidemiology
Surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
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Summary:We identified 6,791 coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) cases using the Massachusetts hospital discharge data to quantify the contribution of complications to the cost of a hospitalization for CABG. After adjusting for in-hospital mortality and baseline clinical severity as other contributors to cost, the additional costs associated with complications were substantial.
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00223-3