https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/543670
標題: | Surgeon volume for percutaneous nephrolithotomy is associated with medical costs and length of hospital stay: A nationwide population-based study in Taiwan | 作者: | Huang W.-Y. Wu S.-C. Chen Y.-F. Lan C.-F. Hsieh J.-T. KUO-HOW HUANG |
公開日期: | 2014 | 出版社: | Mary Ann Liebert Inc. | 卷: | 28 | 期: | 8 | 起(迄)頁: | 915-921 | 來源出版物: | Journal of Endourology | 摘要: | Background and Purpose: To investigate the factors associated with outcomes and medical costs for percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). Methods: The present study uses a subset of the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD), known as the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2005 (LHID 2005), which contains the data of all medical benefit claims from 1997 to 2010 for a subset of 1 million enrollees randomly drawn from the population of 22.72 million persons who were enrolled in 2005. The claims data for all subjects with a diagnosis of urolithiasis who underwent PCNL were analyzed. Hospital and surgeon case volume were classified by quartile. The correlations of all patient, surgeon, and hospital variables with the outcomes and medical costs of PCNL were analyzed by generalized estimating equations. Results: A total of 995 subjects received PCNL. In univariate analysis, PCNL performed by high-volume surgeons (?12) cost 26% less ($2684 vs $1986) and resulted in a 34.3% shorter hospital stay (6.5 vs 9.9 days) compared with low-volume surgeons (?3). In multivariate analysis, surgeon volume was a significant predictor for medical cost, length of stay, and intensive care unit transfer but not complications and mortality. Conclusions: Surgeon volume was associated with lower medical costs and shorter length of stay after PCNL. Surgeon volume, however, was not an independent predictor of complications and mortality. Our findings have important implications for urologists and policymakers with regard to the cost and effectiveness of PCNL. Copyright ? 2014, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. |
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ISSN: | 0892-7790 | DOI: | 10.1089/end.2014.0003 | SDG/關鍵字: | adult; aged; article; data base; female; health care cost; health insurance; human; intensive care unit; length of stay; major clinical study; male; mortality; outcome assessment; percutaneous nephrolithotomy; priority journal; surgeon; Taiwan; urolithiasis; Adult; Aged; Databases, Factual; Female; Hospitals, High-Volume; Humans; Kidney Calculi; Length of Stay; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; Taiwan; Urology; Workload |
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