Inpatient costs of congenital heart surgery in China: results from the National Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Economic data on congenital heart disease (CHD) in China are scarce. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the inpatient costs of congenital heart surgery and related healthcare policies from a hospital perspective.

Method

We used data from the Chinese Database for Congenital Heart Surgery (CDCHS) to prospectively analyse the inpatient costs of congenital heart surgery from May 2018 to December 2020. The total expenditure was divided into 11 columns (medications, imaging, consumable items, surgery, medical cares, laboratory tests, therapy, examinations, medical services, accommodations, and others), and explored according to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons-European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (STAT) category, year, different age group, and CHD comple

SUBMITTER: He Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9985056 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature