Changing practice and costs of carotid endarterectomy in Toronto, Canada

• Published in: Stroke (1970) Vol. 29; no. 10; pp. 2014 - 2017
• Main Authors: SMURAWSKA, L. T, BOWYER, B, ROWED, D, MAGGISANO, R, OH, P, NORRIS, J. W
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.10.1998; American Heart Association, Inc
• Subjects: Aged; Ambulatory Care; Biological and medical sciences; Canada; Carotid Arteries - surgery; Cohort Studies; Critical Care - statistics & numerical data; Endarterectomy - economics; Health Care Costs - trends; Hospitals, Community; Hospitals, Teaching; Humans; Incidence; Length of Stay; Medical sciences; Neurosurgery; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - trends; Preoperative Care; Skull, brain, vascular surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Canada; North America; America; Human; Costs; Surgery; Carotid; Health economy; Professional practice; Quality; Evolution; Economic impact; Endarteriectomy; Public health; Care

During our annual audits of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in Toronto metropolitan hospitals, we have been aware of major changes in the practice of this operation in recent years. To evaluate the effect of changing practice on costs of carotid endarterectomy, we have therefore compared the effects of...