Estimating Resource Utilization in Congenital Heart Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Optimal methods to assess resource utilization in congenital heart surgery remain unclear. We compared traditional cost-to-charge ratio methods with newer standardized cost methods that aim to more directly assess resources consumed.

Methods

Clinical data from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database were linked with resource use data from the Pediatric Health Information Systems Database (2010 to 2015). Standardized cost methods specific to the congenital heart surgery population were developed and compared with cost-to-charge ratio methods. Resource use in the overall population and variability across hospitals were described using hierarchical mixed effect models adjusting for case-mix.

Results

Overall, 43 hospitals (65,331 patients) were included. Ther

SUBMITTER: Pasquali SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8237745 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature