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Health economic analysis of curative‐intent gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma and the costs related to post‐operative complications
Author(s) -
Sivakumar Jonathan,
Alnimri Feras,
Johnson Mary A.,
Ward Salena,
Chong Lynn,
Hii Michael W.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1111/ans.16014
Subject(s) - medicine , gastrectomy , complication , cohort , retrospective cohort study , surgery , total cost , general surgery , cancer , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , economics , microeconomics
The objectives of this study were to perform a cost‐analysis of admissions following gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma. The presence and severity of post‐operative complications is strongly associated with increasing cost. Minimizing complications, in addition to obvious clinical benefits, enables a large reduction in costs of care.