Costs versus earnings in colon surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting under a prospective payment system: Sufficient financial incentives to reduce surgical site infections?

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Oct;39(10):1246-1249. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.179. Epub 2018 Aug 22.

Abstract

Based on a surgical site infection (SSI) cohort at an academic center, we showed a median potentially preventable loss per non-SSI case of $17,916 in colon surgery and of $34,741 in coronary artery bypass grafting.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Colon / surgery
  • Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects*
  • Digestive System Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Hospital Costs / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Motivation
  • Physician Incentive Plans
  • Prospective Payment System*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Surgical Wound Infection / economics*
  • Switzerland
  • Tertiary Care Centers