Outcomes and costs of surgical treatments of necrotizing enterocolitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Despite previous studies demonstrating no difference in mortality or morbidity, the various surgical approaches for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in infants have not been evaluated economically. Our goal was to compare total in-hospital cost and mortality by using propensity score-matched infants treated with peritoneal drainage alone, peritoneal drainage followed by laparotomy, or laparotomy alone for surgical NEC.

Methods

Utilizing the California OSHPD Linked Birth File Dataset, 1375 infants with surgical NEC between 1999 and 2007 were retrospectively propensity score matched according to intervention type. Total in-hospital costs were converted from longitudinal patient charges. A multivariate mixed effects model compared adjusted costs and mor

SUBMITTER: Stey A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4411777 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature