Defining Value for Pancreatic Surgery in Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Value-based care is increasingly important, with rising health care costs and advances in cancer treatment leading to greater survival for patients with cancer. Regionalization of surgical care for pancreatic cancer has been extensively studied as a strategy to improve perioperative outcomes, but investigation of long-term outcomes relative to health care costs (ie, value) is lacking.

Objective

To identify patient and hospital characteristics associated with improved overall survival, decreased costs, and greater value among patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing curative resection.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study identified 2786 patients with stages I to II pancreatic cancer who underwent pancreatic resection at 157 ho

SUBMITTER: Bateni SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6704743 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature