For Whom the Bell Tolls: Assessing the Incremental Costs Associated With Failure-To-Rescue After Elective Colorectal SurgeryRunning Title: Cost of Failure-To-Rescue After Colorectal Surgery
Schultz K, Moore M, Pantel H, Mongiu A, Reddy V, Schneider E, Leeds I. For Whom the Bell Tolls: Assessing the Incremental Costs Associated With Failure-To-Rescue After Elective Colorectal SurgeryRunning Title: Cost of Failure-To-Rescue After Colorectal Surgery. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2024 PMID: 39181234, DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2024.08.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFailure-to-rescueMedian total hospital costTotal hospital costsColorectal surgeryNational Inpatient SampleUneventful recoveryRetrospective study of adult patientsFailure-to-rescue patientsAssociated with increased healthcare costsStudy of adult patientsElective colorectal resectionHospital costsElective colorectal surgeryNationally representative cohortColorectal resectionElective colectomyPostoperative complicationsRetrospective studyAdult patientsRescue attemptsMedical futilityElective surgeryRepresentative cohortHealthcare costsPrimary outcome