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Kraus, TW; Mieth, M; Schneider, T; Farrenkopf, I; Mehrabi, A; Schemmer, P; Encke, J; Sauer, P; Büchler, MW.
Cost distribution of orthotopic liver transplantation: single-center analysis under DRG-based reimbursement.
Transplantation. 2005; 80(1 Suppl):S97-S100
Doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000186939.35230.fe
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- Costs of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) are influenced by multiple factors. Surgeons must be interested in determining the probability of meeting the projected cost averages. Costs of procedures, labor, drugs and pharmaceuticals, materials, and overhead costs of infrastructure were calculated during the primary stay in 38 consecutive patients undergoing OLT at a single center. Endpoint of cost aggregation was discharge from acute care. Costs per patient were grouped to plot the cost density distribution function. Mean cost of OLT was 49,000. Costs showed a large variation, ranging from 18,000 to 189,000 per case. Most patients were grouped in the G-DRG-A01C split (n=31), which characterizes the least resource consumptive split. Costs of OLT were not normally distributed. There was a left-skewed beta-distribution of costs. Labor-related costs were responsible for the largest cost fraction (mean 42.9%), whereas drugs and medication accounted for 24.9% on average. Most patients could be transplanted within cost groups below 50,000. The marked cost heterogeneity after OLT suggests that primarily medical comorbidities are of relevance for extraordinary resource consumption. A minimum number of transplants should be performed in single institutions to improve chances to financially counterbalance higher costs of individual cases under DRG-based reimbursement. Small programs have to bear increased risks of financial distortion. The asymmetry of cost distribution after OLT should be taken into account in future reimbursement regulations.
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- liver transplantation
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