Financial Implications of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols in Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction.
Journal
Annals of plastic surgery
ISSN: 1536-3708
Titre abrégé: Ann Plast Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7805336
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 06 2023
01 06 2023
Historique:
medline:
5
7
2023
pubmed:
9
2
2023
entrez:
8
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Surgical advancements in breast reconstruction have allowed a shift toward optimizing patient-reported outcomes and efficiency measures. The enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol has been instrumental in improving outcomes, but the effect of these protocols on health care spending has not been examined. This study aims to assess the effect of ERAS protocols on the length of hospital stay and costs associated with microsurgical breast reconstruction. In 2018, the authors implemented an ERAS protocol for patients undergoing microsurgical breast reconstruction that included perioperative procedures involving patient education and care. Subjects included patients who underwent deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction at the authors' institution between 2016 and 2019. Data were gathered from the electronic medical record and the hospital system's finance department, and patients were divided into pre-ERAS and ERAS cohorts. A 2-sample t test was used for statistical analysis. The study included 269 patients with no statistically significant differences in demographic data between the cohorts. The average length of hospitalization was 3.46 days for the pre-ERAS group and 2.45 days for the ERAS group ( P = 0.000). In a linear regression, the ERAS protocol predicted a 1.04-day decrease in the length of stay ( P = 0.000). Overall, total direct cost decreased by 7.5% with the ERAS protocol. The rising cost of health care presents a challenge for providers to reduce the cost burden placed on our health system while providing the highest-quality care. This study demonstrates that the use of standardized ERAS protocols can achieve this 2-fold goal.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36752405
doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003412
pii: 00000637-990000000-00109
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
S607-S611Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: none declared.
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