Hospital Costs of Surgical Complications
Archives of SurgeryPublished 1 September 1984
Lockert B. Mason
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Fifteen patients who had a general or gynecologic abdominal operation were operated on a second time for a complication of the first operation. There were three deaths. Extra costs attributable to the complications amounted to +211,503, of which one third was uncollectible. One half of the extra hospital days for surviving patients were spent in the intensive care unit.
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MedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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