Hospital costs and factors associated with days alive and at home after surgery (DAH₃₀ ).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the relationships of patient and surgical factors and hospital costs with the number of days alive and at home during the 30 days following surgery (DAH₃₀ ).

Design

Retrospective cohort study; analysis of Medibank Private health insurance hospital claims data, Australia, 1 January 2016 - 31 December 2017.

Setting, participants

Admissions of adults (18 years or older) to hospitals for elective or emergency inpatient surgery with anaesthesia covered by private health insurance, Australia, 1 January 2016 - 31 December 2017.

Main outcome measures

Associations between DAH₃₀ and total hospital costs, and between DAH₃₀ and surgery risk factors.

Results

Complete data were available for 126 788 of 181 281 eligi

SUBMITTER: Reilly JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9796479 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature