Incidence and costs of bleeding-related complications in French hospitals following surgery for various diagnoses.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Limited information is available on the epidemiology and economics of bleeding during surgery in France.

METHOD:

The objective of this study was to examine the incidence, costs and length of stay (LOS) of bleeding-related complications during various surgical procedures.

RESULTS:

Amongst all 88 different surgical DRGs recognised by the French database 24 (totalling 321,657 hospitalisations) yielded WB rates ≥10% (range 10.3-25.3%). The highest DRG rates were for transplantations, cardiac and major orthopaedic surgery, vascular and solid organ surgery.

CONCLUSIONS:

The present study for France demonstrates a significant increase of hospital LOS and associated costs following post-surgical bleeding, supporting the need for blood conservation strategies.

• Authors: Xin Ye, Antoine Lafuma, Elodie Torreton, Axel Arnaud
• Journal: BMC health services research (BMC Health Serv Res) Vol. 13 Pg. 186 (May 22 2013) ISSN: 1472-6963 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 23692862 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Topics

• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Blood Transfusion (economics, statistics & numerical data)
• Female
• France (epidemiology)
• Health Care Costs
• Hemostatic Techniques (economics, statistics & numerical data)
• Hospitals (statistics & numerical data)
• Humans
• Incidence
• Length of Stay (economics, statistics & numerical data)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Postoperative Hemorrhage (economics, epidemiology)
• Surgical Procedures, Operative (adverse effects, economics)