TY - JOUR
T1 - Direct medical costs attributable to venous thromboembolism among persons hospitalized for major operation
T2 - A population-based longitudinal study
AU - Cohoon, Kevin P.
AU - Leibson, Cynthia L.
AU - Ransom, Jeanine E.
AU - Ashrani, Aneel A.
AU - Park, Myung S.
AU - Petterson, Tanya M.
AU - Long, Kirsten Hall
AU - Bailey, Kent R.
AU - Heit, John A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - Background We estimated medical costs attributable to venous thromboembolism (VTE) among patients currently or recently hospitalized for major operation. Methods Using Rochester Epidemiology Project resources, we identified all Olmsted County, MN, residents with objectively diagnosed incident VTE within 92 days of hospitalization for major operation during an 18-year period, 1988-2005 (n = 355). One Olmsted County resident hospitalized for major operation without VTE was matched to each case on event date (±1 year), type of operation, duration of previous medical history, and active cancer status. Subjects were followed in Rochester Epidemiology Project provider-linked billing data for standardized, inflation-adjusted direct medical costs from 1 year before index (case's VTE event date and control's matched date) to earliest of death, emigration, or December 31, 2011. We used generalized linear modeling to predict costs for cases and controls and used bootstrapping methods to assess uncertainty and significance of mean adjusted cost differences. Results Adjusted mean predicted costs were more than 1.5-fold greater for cases ($55,956) than for controls ($32,718) (P ≤.001) from index to up to 5 years postindex. Cost differences between cases and controls were greatest within the first 3 months after index (mean difference = $12,381). Costs were greater for cases than controls (mean difference = $10,797) from 3 months to up to 5 years postindex and together accounted for about half of the overall cost difference. Conclusion VTE during or after recent hospitalization for major operation contributes a substantial economic burden; VTE-attributable costs are greatest in the initial 3 months but persist for up to 5 years.
AB - Background We estimated medical costs attributable to venous thromboembolism (VTE) among patients currently or recently hospitalized for major operation. Methods Using Rochester Epidemiology Project resources, we identified all Olmsted County, MN, residents with objectively diagnosed incident VTE within 92 days of hospitalization for major operation during an 18-year period, 1988-2005 (n = 355). One Olmsted County resident hospitalized for major operation without VTE was matched to each case on event date (±1 year), type of operation, duration of previous medical history, and active cancer status. Subjects were followed in Rochester Epidemiology Project provider-linked billing data for standardized, inflation-adjusted direct medical costs from 1 year before index (case's VTE event date and control's matched date) to earliest of death, emigration, or December 31, 2011. We used generalized linear modeling to predict costs for cases and controls and used bootstrapping methods to assess uncertainty and significance of mean adjusted cost differences. Results Adjusted mean predicted costs were more than 1.5-fold greater for cases ($55,956) than for controls ($32,718) (P ≤.001) from index to up to 5 years postindex. Cost differences between cases and controls were greatest within the first 3 months after index (mean difference = $12,381). Costs were greater for cases than controls (mean difference = $10,797) from 3 months to up to 5 years postindex and together accounted for about half of the overall cost difference. Conclusion VTE during or after recent hospitalization for major operation contributes a substantial economic burden; VTE-attributable costs are greatest in the initial 3 months but persist for up to 5 years.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.surg.2014.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.surg.2014.10.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 25633736
AN - SCOPUS:84923683939
SN - 0039-6060
VL - 157
SP - 423
EP - 431
JO - Surgery (United States)
JF - Surgery (United States)
IS - 3
ER -