2020
Benchmarking the value of care: Variability in hospital costs for common operations and its association with procedure volume.
Zogg CK, Bernard AC, Hirji SA, Minei JP, Staudenmayer KL, Davis KA. Benchmarking the value of care: Variability in hospital costs for common operations and its association with procedure volume. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2020, 88: 619-628. PMID: 32039972, PMCID: PMC7802807, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002611.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaparoscopic appendectomyLaparoscopic cholecystectomyHospital costsMeans of USMedian costProcedure volumeEmergency general surgeryTotal hospital costsMedian hospital costsNational Inpatient SampleAdults 18 yearsNational cost savingsAnnual procedure volumeValue of careHospital complicationsIndex hospitalHealth care valuePatient characteristicsAdverse outcomesInpatient SampleInclusion criteriaGeneral surgeryHospitalLevel IIICommon operation
2016
Global Patterns of QALY and DALY Use in Surgical Cost-Utility Analyses: A Systematic Review
Rios-Diaz AJ, Lam J, Ramos MS, Moscoso AV, Vaughn P, Zogg CK, Caterson EJ. Global Patterns of QALY and DALY Use in Surgical Cost-Utility Analyses: A Systematic Review. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0148304. PMID: 26862894, PMCID: PMC4749322, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148304.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCost-effectiveness studiesUse of qalysRegional income levelsCost-utility analysisHigh-income countriesSummary measuresQALY studiesIncome levelDisability-adjusted life yearsIncome characteristicsSignificant incomeLife yearsQALYHealth policy researchComparative implicationsPolicy researchDALYsCountriesNational locationMeasure useImportant implicationsGlobal prioritizationIncomeSuch regional variationsQALYs