TO REVISE OR NOT TO REVISE! THAT IS THE QUESTION
Journal Title: Kocatepe Medical Journal - Year 2021, Vol 1, Issue 22
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the costs covered by the hospital during the inpatient treatment process of the patients who underwent hip revision arthroplasty surgery in orthopedics and traumatology clinics of a public hospital and compare with the invoiced amount. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The demographic information and revision reasons of 60 patients who underwent total hip revision arthroplasty operation in a public hospital between 01.01.2016 and 30.09.2017 were determined through Hospital Information Management System records. The patients were categorized under two groups including septic and aseptic. For each patient, the costs of medical consumables, medicine/serum, medical treatment, surgery, anesthesia, imaging services, laboratory procedures, blood and blood products, meal and companion costs, device depreciation expenses, consultation, control examination, preoperative patient preparation stage, surgery, visit and other costs were calculated separately during the inpatient treatment. RESULTS: The total cost of an average patient was 21,956.00 ₺, while the average amount of invoice was 17,220.00 ₺, with a difference of 4,736.00 ₺. This difference was found to be 9,876.00 ₺ in the septic group and 2.534,00 ₺ in the aseptic group. The bill payment made by the Social Security Institution (SGK) to the institution covers 78.4% of the cost of revision hip arthroplasty. In the septic group, the duration of hospital stay, medical expenditure, medication, treatment, surgery, anesthesia, laboratory, imaging, blood center, consultation, visit, meal cost, total cost and invoice amount were found to be significantly higher than the aseptic group (p< 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Regulations by the Social Security Institution are needed to ensure the fiscal sustainability of public hospitals. In addition, following the medical and technical treatment protocols in revision surgery can help reduce the costs.
Authors and Affiliations
Ferdi DIRVAR, Sevda UZUN DIRVAR,Ömer CENGİZ, Mehmet Ali TALMAÇ,Timur YILDIRIM, Şükrü Sarper GÜRSU
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.18229/kocatepetip.669035
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