Relationship Between Occurrence of Surgical Complications and Hospital Finances

What Are the Economic Consequences of Unplanned Readmissions After TKA?

“…If our results are generalizable, readmitted patients after TKA are financially attractive, but less so than their nonreadmitted counterparts. Recent literature by Eappen et al [16] has demonstrated a detrimental effect of numerous surgical complications on hospital finances. A subtle but important difference in our findings is that readmission visits themselves were profitable (slightly) and generated a substantial contribution margin; readmitted patients were less profitable due to the high costs of their initial TKA hospitalization, which adds a new consideration for arthroplasty surgeons.…”

Ventral and incisional hernia: the cost of comorbidities and complications

“…An investigation of hospital costs, revenues, and contribution margins associated with surgical complications from 2013 reported that 5.3 % of the 34,256 surgical patients included in the analysis experienced at least one postoperative complication, finding that the per-patient variable hospital costs, total costs, and contribution margin were significantly higher and per-patient total margin was significantly lower for the patients that experienced a complication compared to those that did not have a postoperative complication [27]. Also, postoperative complications following hepato-pancreatico-biliary surgery have been shown to be associated with higher hospital costs, higher payments, higher contribution margins and net profits [28].…”

Perioperative interventions and post‐operative outcomes

“…Such complications may also lead to a prolonged period with decreased functional and cognitive status. Postoperative complications can have a huge impact on hospital costs [5]. It is therefore quite surprising that until now no common international definitions and classifications of postoperative complications have been established.…”