Hospital cost of complications associated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery

R E Hall; A S Ash; W A Ghali; M A Moskowitz

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00223-3

Hospital cost of complications associated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Jun 15;79(12):1680-2. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00223-3.

Authors

R E Hall¹, A S Ash, W A Ghali, M A Moskowitz

Affiliation

¹ Evans Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, MA 02118, USA.

PMID: 9202364
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00223-3

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Comorbidity
Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects
Coronary Artery Bypass / economics*
Cost Allocation / methods
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Databases, Factual
Female
Hospital Costs / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Male
Massachusetts / epidemiology
Middle Aged
Models, Economic
Postoperative Complications / economics*
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology