Financial benefit of a smoking cessation program prior to elective colorectal surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cigarette smoking increases the risk of postoperative complications nearly 2-fold. Preoperative smoking cessation programs may reduce complications as well as overall postoperative costs. We aim to create an economic evaluation framework to estimate the potential value of preoperative smoking cessation programs for patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery.

Methods

A decision-analytic model from the payer perspective was developed to integrate the costs and incidence of 90-day postoperative complications and readmissions for a cohort of patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery after a smoking cessation program versus usual care. Complication, readmission, and cost data were derived from a cohort of 534 current smokers and recent quitters undergoing el

SUBMITTER: Gaskill CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5526103 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature