[Cost of the peritoneovenous shunt in patients with cirrhosis].

Abstract

The cost of peritoneovenous shunting was evaluated in 15 cirrhotic patients with intractable ascites. With the assessment presently used in French Public Hospitals which is based on a contractual reimbursement by the Social Security per day of hospitalization, the cost of peritoneovenous shunting was F 37,227.40. Using the more refined method of cost analysis, the cost of the operative procedure was F 9,564 and that of postoperative hospitalization was F 8,067. Total expenses calculated by the cost analysis method (F 17,631) were much less that the reimbursement paid by Social Security. This study allowed to determine the actual cost of Surgical treatment of ascites, where expenses were greatest, and how to reduce them. Results of this report should be used when comparing cost and efficacy of medical and surgical treatments.

• Authors: S Hillaire, M Schachtel, M Kempa, C Smadja, D Grange, D Franco
• Journal: Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique (Gastroenterol Clin Biol) Vol. 13 Issue 11 Pg. 901-4 (Nov 1989) ISSN: 0399-8320 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Coût de la dérivation péritonéo-veineuse chez le cirrhotique.
• PMID: 2612834 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Female
• Hospitalization (economics)
• Humans
• Liver Cirrhosis (surgery)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Peritoneovenous Shunt (economics)
• Postoperative Care (economics)
• Prospective Studies