Hidden costs of surgical complications: a retrospective cohort study
Surgical complications reduce total revenue by crowding out short stays that generate more daily revenue. This challenges the consensus that complications are a boon for hospital revenue, instead implying that they shrink hospital net margins (ie, revenue minus costs).
Authors
- Alain Sautet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7151-319X)
- Harry Etienne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9769-279X)
- Pierre Rufat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2222-4369)
- Ljubica Ristovska
- Emmanuel Chartier‐Kastler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4241-8125)
- Eunjung Kong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2300-4675)
- A. Retbi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8149-8485)
- Abdourahmane Diallo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2310-4035)
- Franck Verdonk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7061-5594)
- François-Xavier Ladant
- Jalal Assouad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1409-3351)
- Julien Hédou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4721-4797)
- Morgan Roupret
- Yann Parc
- Victor Mardon
- Maxim Scrumeda
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Inserm (FR)
- Harvard University Press (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Hôpital Saint-Antoine (FR)
- Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (FR)
- Handicap neuromusculaire : Physiopathologie, Biothérapie et Pharmacologie appliquées (FR)
- Physiopathologie et Epidémiologie des Maladies Respiratoires (FR)
- Hôpital Tenon (FR)
- Onco-Urologie Prédictive (FR)
- Groupe de recherche clinique en anesthésie réanimation médecine périopératoire (FR)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsit-2024-000323
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.39