Comparison of cost effectiveness between video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (vats) and open lobectomy: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer is highly prevalent in Chinese population. The association of operative approach with economic burden in these patients remains unknown.

Objectives

This institution-level cohort study aimed to compare the cost-related clinical outcomes and health care costs among patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and open lobectomy, and to investigate the factors associated with the costs.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study included patients who underwent VATS or open lobectomy in a provincial referral cancer center in China in 2018. Propensity score matching (PSM) method was applied to balance the baseline characteristics in VATS lobectomy and open lobectomy group. Clinical effectiveness measures included post-operative blood

SUBMITTER: Chen W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8400899 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature