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A comparison of the costs and effects of liver transplantation for acute and for chronic liver failure
Author(s) -
Agthoven M.,
Ineveld B. M.,
Metselaar H.J.,
Man R. A.,
Tilanus H.W.,
IJzermans J. N. M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
transplant international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1432-2277
pISSN - 0934-0874
DOI - 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2001.tb00019.x
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , chronic hepatitis , liver failure , gastroenterology , transplantation , intensive care medicine , surgery , immunology , virus
Little is known about costs and cost‐effectiveness of liver transplantation (LTx) for acute liver failure compared to costs and cost‐effectiveness of LTx for chronic liver failure. In this study, costs of acute and of chronic LTx patients were determined in a retrospective study. Files of 100 consecutive patients who underwent LTx in 1993–1997 were studied. Costs up to 1 year after LTx were Euro 107,675 (chronic liver failure) and Euro 90,792 (acute liver failure). The difference was mainly caused by higher hospitalisation costs and higher personnel costs for chronic liver failure. Medication costs for acute liver failure were higher, due to a high administration rate of expensive anti‐HBs immunoglobulin therapy in patients with viral hepatitis B. LTx for chronic liver failure is more costly and seems to be more cost‐effective than LTx for acute liver failure, since 1‐year survival is higher in patients who underwent transplantation for chronic liver failure.

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