Healthcare utilization and costs of cardiopulmonary complications following cardiac surgery in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study examined postoperative heart failure (HF) and respiratory failure (RF) complications and related healthcare utilization for one year following cardiac surgery.

Methods

This study identified adult patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and/or valve procedures from the Cerner Health Facts® database. It included patients experiencing postoperative HF or RF complications. We quantified healthcare utilization using the frequency of inpatient admissions, emergency department (ED) visits with or without hospital admission, and outpatient visits. We then determined direct hospital costs from the determined healthcare utilization. We analyzed trends over time for both HF and RF and evaluated the association between surgery type and HF comp

SUBMITTER: Stevens M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6922411 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature