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Table 6 Hospital Resource Utilization, Costs, and Complications of Patients with Liver Wedge Resection

From: Economic burden of cancer among patients with surgical resections of the lung, rectum, liver and uterus: results from a US hospital database claims analysis

 

Overall

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Sample Size (N)

2916

489

481

350

331

418

403

444

Operating Room Time (minutes)

 Mean (SD)

280.5 (132.4)

298.3 (150.0)

282.0 (131.4)

278.6 (112.1)

294.6 (145.2)

277.7 (142.4)

264.3 (112.5)

266.7 (120.9)

Hospital Length of Stay (days)

 Mean (SD)

6.4 (6.1)

7.0 (6.6)

6.6 (6.5)

6.6 (6.1)

6.6 (6.2)

6.4 (6.4)

6.1 (6.1)

5.7 (4.7)

Hospital Costs

 Mean (SD)

$25 738 ($27 712)

$27 062 ($26 558)

$25 688 ($24 673)

$25 011 ($22 077)

$30 169 ($37 362)

$26 657 ($33 936)

$23 137 ($20 502)

$23 098 ($26 391)

Complicationsa

 Bleeding (%)

11.6

7.0

10.2

10.0

17.2

13.4

12.2

13.3

 Infections (%)

8.7

9.8

9.4

10.0

9.7

8.1

6.2

7.7

Cancer status

        

 Yes (%)

30.0

30.9

34.5

19.4

22.4

28.5

31.5

38.1

  1. aDuring hospitalizations. LAR Lower anterior resection, SD Standard deviation