Why the study?
Although data exist on the impact of frailty in surgical patients, its economic impacts have had only limited description in the literature.
Does frailty impact cost and hospital income in elective surgical patients?
Does frailty impact cost and hospital income in elective surgical patients?
Frailty is associated with increased costs and reduced hospital income in elective surgery patients, independent of age.
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May inform hospital cost projections for frail elective surgery patients; leaves open whether frailty-targeted care improves margins.
Although a significant number of data exist on the impact of frailty in the surgical patient, the economic impacts have only limited description in the literature. Here we demonstrate that frailty, independent of age, has a detrimental financial impact on cost and hospital income in elective surgery.
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