Financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic:Report from a high-volume academic neurosurgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global healthcare system has been overwhelmed by the Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). In order to mitigate the risk of spread of the virus, most elective surgical procedures have been cancelled especially during the lockdown periods. The purpose of this study was to assess the financial impact of the COVID outbreak due to the supposed reduced workload from our neurosurgery department in 2020.

Methods

Number of neurosurgical procedures (NSP) within the Department of Neurosurgery and their associated estimated income were retrospectively reviewed globally and month wise from administrative records of billing in 2020 and 2019 based on the Diagnosis related group (DRG) and severity of illness (4 levels).

Results

Overall, 824 and 818 inpatient surgical p

SUBMITTER: Loganadane G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9127702 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature