Why the study?
Does the Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI) correlate with overall costs in patients undergoing abdominal procedures?
Population
1,388 patients undergoing a variety of abdominal procedures at a single tertiary center, with an…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
up to 3 months after surgery
Authors
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May aid postoperative cost estimation after abdominal surgery; extends CCI validation to economic outcomes but remains hypothesis-generating.
Does the Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI) correlate with overall costs in patients undergoing abdominal procedures?
The Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI) is a reliable predictor of postoperative costs in surgical patients, enabling objective cost comparisons.
Staiger et al. (2018) studied this question.
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