Hall R E, Ash A S, Ghali W A, Moskowitz M A
Evans Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, MA 02118, USA.
Am J Cardiol. 1997 Jun 15;79(12):1680-2. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00223-3.
We identified 6,791 coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) cases using the Massachusetts hospital discharge data to quantify the contribution of complications to the cost of a hospitalization for CABG. After adjusting for in-hospital mortality and baseline clinical severity as other contributors to cost, the additional costs associated with complications were substantial.