Cost-effectiveness Analysis of the Elder-Friendly Approaches to the Surgical Environment (EASE) Intervention for Emergency Abdominal Surgical Care of Adults Aged 65 Years and Older.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Elder-Friendly Approaches to the Surgical Environment (EASE) initiative is a novel approach to acute surgical care for elderly patients.

Objective

To determine the cost-effectiveness of EASE.

Design, setting, and participants

An economic evaluation from the perspective of the health care system was conducted as part of the controlled before-and-after EASE study at 2 tertiary care centers, the University of Alberta Hospital and Foothills Medical Centre. Participants included elderly adults (aged ≥65 years) admitted for emergency abdominal surgery between 2014 and 2017. Data were analyzed from April 2018 to February 2019.

Main outcomes and measures

Data were captured at both control and intervention sites before and after implementation of the EASE

SUBMITTER: Hofmeister M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7125431 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature