Costs versus earnings in colon surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting under a prospective payment system: Sufficient financial incentives to reduce surgical site infections?
Fabrice JuchlerJan A RothAlexander SchweigerMarc DangelMassimo GugliottaManuel BattegayFriedrich S EcksteinChristoph KettelhackChristian AbshagenBalthasar L HugJohn M BoyceAndreas F WidmerPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2018)
Based on a surgical site infection (SSI) cohort at an academic center, we showed a median potentially preventable loss per non-SSI case of $17,916 in colon surgery and of $34,741 in coronary artery bypass grafting.
Keyphrases
- surgical site infection
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery bypass
- acute coronary syndrome
- smoking cessation
- health insurance
- minimally invasive
- emergency department
- atrial fibrillation
- young adults
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv testing
- electronic health record
- childhood cancer