Readmissions and costs in cadaveric and living-donor lobar lung transplantation: Analysis using a national database.

ABSTRACT: Living-donor lobar lung transplantation (LDLLT) is a well-established surgical procedure with favorable outcomes; however, the frequency of readmission and costs in LDLLT are poorly understood. Here, we aimed to compare health care costs and readmissions at 90 days and 1 year after the index discharge in LDLLT and cadaveric lung transplantation (CLT) and evaluate the reasons for readmission and in-hospital mortality. In this retrospective cohort study, we used the Diagnosis Procedure Combination database, a nationwide inpatient database in Japan to obtain initial lung transplantation data for all patients from July 2010 to March 2020. Multivariable Poisson or multiple regression analyses after multiple imputation was performed to compare the cumulative number of readmissions and costs betw

SUBMITTER: Yoshiyasu N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11935346 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature