BACKGROUND: Patients with congenital heart disease require multiple procedures over their lifetime. These procedures increase cost and time commitment. Previous studies in the field of medicine have shown that combining procedures is an effective method to reduce cost and time. There has been no such study to evaluate the cost and efficiency of combining pediatric cardiac procedures. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare the cost and time commitment of combined cardiac catheterization (cath) and electrophysiology (EP) outpatient procedures against separate cath and EP procedure. METHODS: Outpatient combination procedures performed in the pediatric cardiac cath lab from 2013 to 2016 were matched to a control population of two or three similar single outpatient procedures from 2009 to 2016 for patients of similar age and cardiac anatomy. Procedure duration, recovery duration, length of stay, equipment charges, physician charges, all other hospital charges, and total admission charges were analyzed. The two groups were compared using an unpaired t-test. RESULTS: A total of 92 subjects, 32 study subjects and 60 control subjects, were included in this study. Study group procedures had a significantly shorter recovery duration (P = 0.04) and length of stay (P = 0.01). Study group procedure duration trended shorter on average but statistically insignificant (P = 0.20). The total median savings for patients undergoing combined procedures in the study group was $13,181 (interquartile range $423.8-$26710). CONCLUSIONS: Combining cath and EP outpatient procedures reduces the time commitment and provides some economic advantage.
BACKGROUND:Patients with congenital heart disease require multiple procedures over their lifetime. These procedures increase cost and time commitment. Previous studies in the field of medicine have shown that combining procedures is an effective method to reduce cost and time. There has been no such study to evaluate the cost and efficiency of combining pediatric cardiac procedures. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare the cost and time commitment of combined cardiac catheterization (cath) and electrophysiology (EP) outpatient procedures against separate cath and EP procedure. METHODS:Outpatient combination procedures performed in the pediatric cardiac cath lab from 2013 to 2016 were matched to a control population of two or three similar single outpatient procedures from 2009 to 2016 for patients of similar age and cardiac anatomy. Procedure duration, recovery duration, length of stay, equipment charges, physician charges, all other hospital charges, and total admission charges were analyzed. The two groups were compared using an unpaired t-test. RESULTS: A total of 92 subjects, 32 study subjects and 60 control subjects, were included in this study. Study group procedures had a significantly shorter recovery duration (P = 0.04) and length of stay (P = 0.01). Study group procedure duration trended shorter on average but statistically insignificant (P = 0.20). The total median savings for patients undergoing combined procedures in the study group was $13,181 (interquartile range $423.8-$26710). CONCLUSIONS: Combining cath and EP outpatient procedures reduces the time commitment and provides some economic advantage.
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