Rosenfeldt F L, Lambert R, Burrows K, Stirling G R
Med J Aust. 1983 Mar 19;1(6):260-3.
A study to assess the cost and some of the benefits of coronary bypass surgery was carried out at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. The minimum cost to the hospital of a typical coronary bypass graft procedure in 1980 was estimated to be $4700. The benefit of the procedure in terms of symptomatic relief and return to work was assessed by means of questionnaires. In the working-age group (55 years and under) of 591 patients, assessed from two to nine years after surgery, 68% of patients were working. In a group of 100 patients, aged 55 years and under, and interviewed from one to two years after surgery, 56 patients were working before surgery, but only 16 of these at full capacity. After surgery, 78 patients were working; 64 of these at full capacity. The cost of a coronary bypass graft operation is considerable, but this is offset in the majority of patients in the working-age group by a return to gainful employment.
在墨尔本的阿尔弗雷德医院开展了一项评估冠状动脉搭桥手术成本及部分益处的研究。1980年，医院进行典型冠状动脉搭桥移植手术的最低成本估计为4700美元。通过问卷调查评估了该手术在缓解症状和恢复工作方面的益处。在术后两到九年接受评估的591名工作年龄组（55岁及以下）患者中，68%的患者在工作。在一组100名55岁及以下的患者中，术后一到两年接受访谈，术前有56名患者在工作，但其中只有16名能全负荷工作。术后，有78名患者在工作；其中64名能全负荷工作。冠状动脉搭桥移植手术的成本相当高，但在工作年龄组的大多数患者中，恢复有酬工作抵消了这一成本。
