Pancreaticoduodenectomy costs high at safety-net hospitals

Pancreaticoduodenectomy costs high at safety-net hospitals

(HealthDay)—Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is associated with high costs at safety-net hospitals, according to a study published online July 27 in JAMA Surgery.

Derek E. Go, from the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, and colleagues modeled different techniques for reducing the cost of complex performed at safety-net hospitals carrying out PD. Data were included for 15,090 who underwent PD during the five years of the study.

The researchers found that among safety-net hospitals, 28.0, 63.0, and 9.0 percent of patients were treated at low-burden hospitals (LBHs), medium-burden hospitals (MBHs), and high-burden hospitals (HBHs), respectively. Higher rates of complications or comorbidities were seen at HBHs, and they had more patients with increased illness severity. Perioperative mortality was 3.7 percent at HBHs, compared with 1.6 and 1.7 percent at LBHs and MBHs, respectively (P < 0.001). When all clinical and cost data were considered, PDs at HBHs cost $35,303 per patient, compared with $27,130 at MBHs and $25,916 at LBHs. A cost reduction of up to $4,607 was seen for HBH patients by reducing perioperative complications or comorbidities by 50 percent. Cost savings of $9,155 were seen per HBH patient with redistribution of HBH patients to LBHs and MBHs.

"Redirecting patients away from safety-net hospitals for complex surgery may represent the best option for reducing ," the authors write.

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