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Preoperative optimization: rationale and process: is it economic sense?

Christopher P Snowden1, Helen Anderson

  • 1Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Chris.Snowden@nuth.nhs.uk

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology
|December 14, 2011
PubMed
Summary

Cost-effective preoperative optimization reduces surgical patient morbidity and hospital costs. Focusing on process management and risk stratification enhances perioperative care for better economic outcomes.

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Area of Science:

  • Anesthesiology
  • Surgical Risk Management
  • Health Economics

Background:

  • Preoperative clinics and anesthesiologist involvement have expanded the scope of preoperative optimization.
  • Economic impact of surgery is primarily driven by postoperative morbidity, not mortality.
  • Preoperative comorbidity and surgical complexity predict hospital costs more than complication treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the rationale and process for cost-effective preoperative optimization.
  • To highlight the economic importance of reducing postoperative morbidity.
  • To discuss strategies for optimizing surgical patients preoperatively.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on preoperative optimization and cost-effectiveness.
  • Analysis of factors predicting hospital costs in surgical patients.
  • Evaluation of process management and clinical measures for perioperative care.

Main Results:

  • Postoperative morbidity is a key economic outcome in surgery.
  • Preoperative optimization is an economically sound target, especially for noncardiac surgery.
  • Process management, including guideline adherence, is cost-effective for most patients.
  • Optimization for high-risk patients is crucial but requires more research.

Conclusions:

  • Risk stratification is essential for cost-effective preoperative optimization.
  • Process-based and clinical measures can create individualized perioperative care plans.
  • Further trials are needed to clarify optimization strategies for high-risk patients.