The impact of frailty on the economic evaluation of geriatric surgery: hospital costs and opportunity costs based on meta-analysis
Fernando Fuertes-Guiró, Eduardo Viteri Velasco
Abstract
Frail surgical geriatric patients generate a higher total hospital cost, and an opportunity cost arising from not operating in the best possible state of health. Preoperatively treating the frailty of elderly patients will improve the use of health resources.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineMeta-analysisCost analysisHospital readmissionTotal costEmergency medicineInternal medicineMicroeconomicsReliability engineeringEngineeringEconomicsFrailty in Older AdultsHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeNutrition and Health in Aging