The hospital cost of hip replacement for old inpatients in Belgium

Introduction: The objectives of this research are (i) to describe the medico-administrative characteristics of inpatients aged 65 and more who are hospitalized for hip joint replacement, (ii) to evaluate the complete hospital cost into costs of medical procedures, drugs costs, prostheses costs, and the administrative costs, and (iii) to identify and to evaluate from administrative database predictors influencing the complete hospital costs. Methods: The study was based on 961 inpatient stays aged 65 and more, with the APR-DRG 301 “Hip joint replacement”. The sample for this study was based on... Mehr ...