In-hospital cost of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in canada and the united states

Cost-effectiveness analysis of elective endovascular repair compared with open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms for patients at a high surgical risk: A 1-year patient-level analysis conducted in Ontario, Canada

“…Almost one-third of US patients were either discharged to home care (16.0% vs 0.5% in Canada) or to institutional care (16.8% vs 8.0% in Canada). 19 In their study, the median length of stay for AAA repair was 9.0 days in Canada compared with 7.0 days in the United States. In comparison, we observed median lengths of stay of 6 days for EVAR and 11 days for OSR.…”

Cost-effectiveness of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: A systematic review

“…Of the twenty included articles, four were Markov models (5;28;29;32), three were randomized controlled trials (2;14;15), twelve were case series studies (1;4;6;8;10;13;18; 20;23;24;30;33), and one was a systematic review (26) (Table 1). Twelve of the articles reported on a comparative analysis of endovascular and open surgical repair (1;5;6;10; 13;14;18;23;26;28;29;33).…”

“…Twelve of the articles reported on a comparative analysis of endovascular and open surgical repair (1;5;6;10; 13;14;18;23;26;28;29;33). Two reported on endovascular repair compared with no intervention (one of which also reported on endovascular and open surgery) (15;28), three on endovascular repair only (4;24;30), two on open surgery versus active surveillance with selective open surgery (2;32), and two on open surgery only (8;20).…”

A Cost Analysis of Nonelective Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

“…A comprehensive description of the costing methodology has been published previously. 12 In brief, the Transition system provides detailed information on unit costs of individual products and services used in in-hospital patient care. 11,13 Individual products are assigned to specific hospital departments.…”