The financial impact and drivers of hospital charges in contralateral prophylactic mastectomy and reconstruction: a Nationwide Inpatient Sample hospital analysis.

Alexandra BucknorAnmol ChatthaKlaas UlteeWinona WuParisa KamaliPatrick BletsisAustin ChenBernard T LeeClaire CroninSamuel J Lin

Published in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2017)

There are many patient and hospital factors affecting charges; this study provides surgeons and hospital systems with transparent, quantitative charge data in patients undergoing contralateral prophylactic mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction.

Keyphrases

breast reconstruction
acute care
healthcare
patients undergoing
adverse drug
mental health
emergency department
machine learning
quality improvement
mass spectrometry
artificial intelligence
solar cells