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Hospital Costs of Surgical Complications
Lockert B. Mason, MD;
Alfred G. Garcia, MD
Arch Surg. 1984;119(9):1065-1066.
Abstract
• 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.
(Arch Surg 1984;119:1065-1066)
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, New Hanover Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, NC; and the Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 30, 1984.
Reprint requests to New Hanover Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, NC 28402 (Dr Mason).
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