Cost‐consequence analysis of models of general medicine perioperative care in Victorian hospitals
Abstract Australian general medicine perioperative services provide care to surgical patients with complex comorbidities, for a wide range of medical conditions. Heterogeneous models of care exist; however, their cost‐consequence has not been evaluated. Cost analysis was conducted using nationally standardised cost weights for length of stay, medical emergency team call costs and labour costs. Proactive models of general medicine perioperative care likely save approximately $7500 per patient compared with reactive models.
Authors
- Ashwin Subramaniam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8292-7357)
- Ar Kar Aung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3317-945X)
- Ronan O’Donnabhain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2736-8900)
- Geoffrey Lester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1846-2372)
- Edward Ritchie
- Richard Coates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3175-4775)
- Vinita Rane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7874-9033)
- A. Muthusamy
- Elizabeth Potter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3789-9959)
- A. Osborne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9678-3569)
- Rajesh Gounder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8062-1369)
- Rona Yuou Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0737-5994)
- David Lau
- Eldho Paul
- Douglas Johnson
Institutions
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Northern Health (AU)
- Epworth Hospital (AU)
- Northern Hospital (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Sydney (AU)
- Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (AU)
- Eastern Health (AU)
- St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney (AU)
- Ballarat Health Services (AU)
- Western Health (AU)
- Monash Health (AU)
- Dandenong Hospital (AU)
- Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (AU)
- Alfred Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Internal Medicine Journal
- Published
- 2026-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.70606
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00