Key result
Proactive general medicine perioperative care linked to ~$7500 savings per patient versus reactive models.
Why the study?
Heterogeneous models of Australian general medicine perioperative care exist, but their cost-consequence has not been evaluated.
Do proactive models of general medicine perioperative care reduce costs in surgical patients with complex comorbidities compared to reactive models?
Do proactive models of general medicine perioperative care reduce costs in surgical patients with complex comorbidities compared to reactive models?
Proactive models of general medicine perioperative care are associated with significant cost savings compared to reactive models.
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May support proactive perioperative models for cost savings; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice without RCTs.
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.
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Lester et al. (2026) studied Surgical patients with complex comorbidities. Proactive models of general medicine perioperative care vs. Reactive models was evaluated on Cost per patient (savings of approximately $7500 per patient). Proactive models of general medicine perioperative care likely save approximately $7500 per patient compared with reactive models.
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