Longitudinal Spending on Endovascular and Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endovascular repair (EVR) has replaced open surgery as the procedure of choice for patients requiring elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. Long-term outcomes of the 2 approaches are similar, making the relative cost of caring for these patients over time an important consideration.

Methods and results

We linked Medicare claims to Vascular Quality Initiative registry data for patients undergoing elective EVR or open AAA repair from 2004 to 2015. The primary outcome was Medicare's cumulative disease-related spending, adjusted to 2015 dollars. Disease-related spending included the index operation and associated hospitalization, surveillance imaging, reinterventions (AAA-related and abdominal wall procedures), and all-cause admissions within 90 days. We co

SUBMITTER: Trooboff SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8842568 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature