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Cirugía y cirujanos
On-line version ISSN 2444-054XPrint version ISSN 0009-7411
Abstract
HERNANDEZ-GARCIA, Adriana; TRUEBA-LOZANO, Demian and VAZQUEZ-MINERO, Juan C.. The cost of gunshot abdominal vascular injuries. Its impact on patient, family and hospital. Cir. cir. [online]. 2020, vol.88, n.4, pp.467-472. Epub Nov 08, 2021. ISSN 2444-054X. https://doi.org/10.24875/ciru.20001743.
Background:
Violent trauma with penetrating injuries is a relevant public health issue. Penetrating abdominal wounds cause 90-95% of vascular injuries, which not only have high associated morbidity and lethality, but also involve high attention costs. Cost analysis in hospitals has become a topic of great interest, as it justifies changes in hospital organization and management.
Objective:
Determine the cost of gunshot abdominal vascular injuries for the patient, his family and the hospital.
Material and methods:
We drove an observational, descriptive, prospective and longitudinal study of patients with of gunshot abdominal vascular injuries admitted in the Mexican Red Cross Trauma Center in the Federal District from January 1st to October 31st, 2018.
Results:
8149 patients were admitted in the emergency department, 149 with a diagnosis of gunshot injury, of which 6 (0.07%) had abdominal vascular injury. The total cost of medical care these patients was on average $174,770.79 (median $132,999.50) per capita, amount that surpasses their annual income and implies an institutional absorption of expenditure up to 95.5%.
Conclusions:
Institutional investment on the attention of high-impact pathologies and the development of strategies that facilitate access to health services are a real and priority necessity.
Keywords : Costs; Vascular injuries; Abdominal penetrating trauma.