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Balancing revenue generation with capacity generation: Case distribution, financial impact and hospital capacity changes from cancelling or resuming elective surgeries in the US during COVID-19.
Tonna, Joseph E; Hanson, Heidi A; Cohan, Jessica N; McCrum, Marta L; Horns, Joshua J; Brooke, Benjamin S; Das, Rupam; Kelly, Brenna C; Campbell, Alexander John; Hotaling, James.
Afiliação
  • Tonna JE; Surgical Population Analytic Research Core (SPARC), Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
  • Hanson HA; Surgical Population Analytic Research Core (SPARC), Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
  • Cohan JN; Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
  • McCrum ML; Surgical Population Analytic Research Core (SPARC), Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
  • Horns JJ; Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
  • Brooke BS; Surgical Population Analytic Research Core (SPARC), Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
  • Das R; Surgical Population Analytic Research Core (SPARC), Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
  • Kelly BC; Surgical Population Analytic Research Core (SPARC), Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
  • Campbell AJ; Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
  • Hotaling J; Surgical Population Analytic Research Core (SPARC), Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
medRxiv ; 2020 May 04.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32511614
Background: To increase bed capacity and resources, hospitals have postponed elective surgeries, although the financial impact of this decision is unknown. We sought to report elective surgical case distribution, associated gross hospital earnings and regional hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) bed capacity as elective surgical cases are cancelled and then resumed under simulated trends of COVID-19 incidence. Methods: A retrospective, cohort analysis was performed using insurance claims from 161 million enrollees from the MarketScan database from January 1, 2008 to December 31,2017. COVID-19 cases were calculated using a generalized Richards model. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports on the number of hospitalized and intensive care patients by age were used to estimate the number of cases seen in the ICU, the reduction in elective surgeries and the financial impact of this from historic claims data, using a denominator of all inpatient revenue and outpatient surgeries. Results: Assuming 5% infection prevalence, cancelling all elective procedures decreases ICU overcapacity from 340% to 270%, but these elective surgical cases contribute 78% (IQR 74, 80) (1.1 trillion (T) US dollars) to inpatient hospital plus outpatient surgical gross earnings per year. Musculoskeletal, circulatory and digestive category elective surgical cases compose 33% ($447B) of total revenue. Conclusions: Procedures involving the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and digestive system account for the largest loss of hospital gross earnings when elective surgery is postponed. As hospital bed capacity increases following the COVID-19 pandemic, restoring volume of these elective cases will help maintain revenue.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Health_economic_evaluation / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: MedRxiv Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos País de publicação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Health_economic_evaluation / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: MedRxiv Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos País de publicação: Estados Unidos