Health economic analysis of curative‐intent gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma and the costs related to post‐operative complications | Zendy

Sivakumar Jonathan | Zendy; Alnimri Feras | Zendy; Johnson Mary A. | Zendy; Ward Salena | Zendy; Chong Lynn | Zendy; Hii Michael W. | Zendy

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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.

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