Hidden costs of surgical complications: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To quantify how surgical complications impact hospital revenue when their effect on the volume of admissions is considered.

Design

Retrospective analysis of comprehensive administrative data.

Setting

Three university hospitals in France.

Participants

54 637 inpatient stays between 2017 and 2023 in 4 surgical departments (abdominal, orthopedics, thoracic, and urology).

Main outcome measures

Stays were categorized by their diagnosis-related group and occurrence of one or more complications, according to International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision diagnosis codes. First, data were aggregated monthly to determine the impact of variation in the monthly mean length of stay (LOS) on the monthly volume of admissions, using an instrumental

SUBMITTER: Ladant FX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11877240 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature