Association of Anemia With Hospital Costs in Elective Colorectal Surgery

Surgery Clinical Trial

Official title:

Association of Anemia With Hospital Costs in Elective Colorectal Surgery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03476707
• Other study ID #: DM9
• Status: Completed
• First received: March 19, 2018
• Last updated: March 23, 2018
• Start date: January 2010
• Est. completion date: March 2018

Study information

• Verified date: March 2018
• Source: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective is to measure the adjusted association between preoperative anemia and total hospital costs. We hypothesize that patients with anemia before surgery will have higher hospitalization costs than people without anemia.

Description:

This study will examine the association between preoperative anemia (hematocrit less than 0.39; low blood counts) and hospital total costs from elective colorectal surgery. Total costs will be defined as the combination of direct and indirect costs ascertained using standardized patient-level costing algorithms (i.e. the standard way that hospital measure their costs). Adjustment will be made for factors that are likely to influence both the presence of anemia and costs of care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1000
• Est. completion date: March 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Elective hospital admission

• having colorectal surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• not enrolled in national surgical quality improvement program data collection

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anemia
• Blood Loss, Surgical
• Colon Cancer
• Economic Problems
• Surgery
• Surgical Blood Loss

Intervention

Other:
• Anemia
Hematocrit less than 0.39

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Total hospital costs	Direct and indirect costs accrued during the index hospitalization	Hospital admission to date of discharge from hospital, or 365 days after admission, whichever came first
Secondary	Length of stay	Number of days in hospital after surgery	Date of surgery to date of hospital discharge, or up to one year after surgery (whichever comes first)
Secondary	Red blood cell transfusion	Any red blood cell transfusion received	Hospital admission to date of surgery, or 365 days after admission, whichever came first