Variability in hospital costs for short stay emergent laparoscopic appendectomy

Variability in hospital costs for short stay emergent laparoscopic appendectomy

Background: Acute care surgery (ACS) diagnoses including appendicitis comprise 20% of inpatient admissions in the U.S. and 25% of hospital costs. To inform cost reduction efforts, we sought to measure variability in hospital costs for short stay emergent laparoscopic appendectomy. Methods: VIZIENT C...

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Main Authors: Elise Bernard Rogers, B.S., Daniel L. Davenport, PhD, Julie Parrish, B.S., MHA, Andrew Coleman Bernard, M.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-10-01
Series:Surgery Open Science
Subjects:
VIZIENT
Outpatient
Value
Appendicitis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589845022000677

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