Covid -19 Pandemic: Economic Burden on Patients Operated for Traumatic Close Fractures

Economic Burden Clinical Trial

Official title:

Covid -19 Pandemic: Economic Burden on Patients Operated for Traumatic Close Fractures in Musculoskeletal Service Line of a Tertiary Care Hospital

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04482205
• Other study ID #: akupde
• Status: Completed
• Start date: March 16, 2020
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: July 2020
• Source: Aga Khan University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Covid-19 has adversely impacted the health care organizations by over burdening with Covid patients and suspending the elective surgeries and clinics A single center retrospective study was conducted to quantify losses due to postponement of elective surgeries and extra cost for procurement of PPEs. The secondary objective was to see the effect of Covid -19 on the total costs of inpatient care during Covid era.

Description:

Covid-19 has impacted adversely the economy of Pakistan that has already poor and challenged socioeconomic conditions This is a single hospital retrospective cross sectional study conducted to quantify losses due postponement of elective surgeries and procurement of PPEs and see the effect of Covid -19 on the total costs of inpatient care during Covid era.

We included all the patients admitted in orthopedic section for operative intervention of fractures and elective procedures from January 1, 2020 to May 31, 2020. We divided this period into two halves; the first half was from January first to March 15 named as PreCovid Era and second half was from March 16, to May 31, 2020, termed as Covid Era. The total number of trauma procedures and elective procedures were compared in both eras. We compared six procedures each from upper and lower limit for cost analysis and length of stay. We also analyzed the extra cost for procurement of PPEs.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 840
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: May 31, 2020
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All the patients admitted in orthopedic section for operative intervention of fractures and elective procedures from January 1, 2020 to May 31, 2020.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients presenting with other bone morbidities that did not require surgical interventions including rickets, osteomalacia, osteogenesis imperfecta, marble bone disease (osteopetrosis), Paget disease of bone, and fibrous dysplasia, patients with incomplete medical records were excluded from the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Economic Burden
• Fractures, Closed

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	Aga Khan University Hospital	Karachi	Sindh

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Aga Khan University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	the effect of Covid -19 on the total costs of inpatient care	the effect of Covid -19 on the total costs of inpatient care during Covid era	5 months
Secondary	drop in the collective revenue generated in covid era	to quantify drop in the collective revenue generated in covid era	5 months