Clinical features and direct medical cost of splenic injury in China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study analyses the clinical features and direct medical cost (DMC) of splenic injury during 2000-2013 in China.

Design

This was a cross-sectional study.

Methods

We used 'The No. 1 Military Medical Project' information system to conduct a retrospective study. Patients' information from 2000 to 2013 were identified. Demographic data, treatment, clinical data and DMC were collected. We performed a generalised linear method (GLM) using gamma distribution to assess the drivers of DMCs.

Results

We included 8083 patients with splenic injury who met the study criteria. Over the 14-year study period, 2782 (34.4%) patients were treated with non-operative management (NOM), 5301 (65.6%) with OM. From 2000 to 2013, the rate of NOM increased from 34.7% to 55.

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9185598 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature