Hospital costs of surgical complications
L. B. Mason and A. G. Garcia
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.
