整形外科旅游:并发症,成本和不必要的支出?
Aesthetic surgery journal. Open forum
|January 12, 2024
概括
整形手术旅游带来了严重的健康风险和财务负担. 由于这些手术后的并发症,不必要的住院治疗会使医疗保健资源受到压力,并增加患者的成本.
科学领域:
- 医学经济学医学经济学
- 患者安全 患者安全
- 整形外科手术 整形外科手术
背景情况:
- 整形外科旅游往往缺乏质量保证,术前评估和术后护理.
- 这损害了患者的福祉,并通过不必要的干预增加了财务负担.
- 它还转移了国内医疗保健资源.
研究的目的:
- 检查整形手术旅游的并发症和相关成本.
- 为了确定门诊并发症患者所产生的不必要费用.
主要方法:
- 对41名接受目的地手术的患者 (≥18岁) 的回顾性审查.
- 在单一卫生系统 (2015-2022) 中分析术后咨询.
- 医生审查以确定患者入院的必要性.
主要成果:
- 对28名患者来说,住院被认为是必要的,对13名患者来说是不必要的.
- 常见的手术:腹部整形,抽脂,乳房增大,巴西部提升.
- 经常出现的并发症:血清瘤,感染. 必要的入院需要更多的手术,静脉注射抗生素,更长的住院时间,以及更高的费用 (共计523,272美元).
- 没有必要入院的患者会产生巨大的成本.
结论:
- 整形手术旅游带来了严重的健康风险和严重的疾病.
- 这些并发症导致高成本和压力医院资源.
- 需要仔细考虑与医疗旅游相关的风险和成本.
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