Cost-Utility Analysis of the Caresyntax Platform to Identify Patients at Risk of Surgical Site Infection Undergoing Colorectal Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgical site infections (SSIs) account for up to 18% of all healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The Caresyntax data-driven surgery platform incorporates the most common risk factors for SSI, to identify high-risk surgical patients before they leave the operating theatre and treat them prophylactically with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). An economic analysis was performed to assess the costs and health outcomes associated with introduction of the technology in the English healthcare setting.

Methods

A hybrid decision tree/Markov model was developed to reflect the treatment pathways that patients undergoing colorectal surgery would typically follow, both over the short term (30-day hospital setting) and long term (lifetime). The analysis considered im

SUBMITTER: Moloney E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10043121 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature