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Table 7 Hospital Resource Utilization, Costs, and Complications of Patients with Total Hysterectomy

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)

225 075

43 462

42 778

32 383

31 240

30 423

24 139

20 650

Operating Room Time (minutes)

 Mean (SD)

162.7 (169.7)

148.6 (68.4)

151.5 (71.9)

153.5 (71.6)

163.8 (151.7)

193.3 (359.7)

169.1 (86.7)

175.3 (220.4)

Hospital Length of Stay (days)

 Mean (SD)

2.2 (1.8)

2.3 (1.8)

2.2 (1.9)

2.1 (1.6)

2.1 (1.8)

2.2 (1.8)

2.2 (2.0)

2.3 (1.9)

Hospital Costs

 Mean (SD)

$8894 ($7003)

$8373 ($5192)

$8518 ($6068)

$8565 ($5482)

$9176 ($6670)

$9410 ($7779)

$9532 ($10 690)

$9355 ($7882)

Complicationsa

 Bleeding (%)

5.1

4.5

4.6

4.4

4.9

5.3

6.3

7.0

 Infections (%)

1.2

1.4

1.3

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.2

Cancer status

 Yes (%)

11.3

10.2

10.5

10.0

11.4

12.5

13.1

13.7

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