Kardiochirurginių operacijų sąnaudas didinantys veiksniai ; Risk factors affecting hospital resource use in cardiac surgery

Demographic changes in the society, favorable changes in disease patterns within population cause higher morbidity and higher mortality from cardiovascular diseases and increase need for hospital resource use. It is very important to identify the risk factors, which are responsible for higher health care costs. The objective of this article is to identify risk factors, which are responsible for higher hospital resource use. Methods. Search in web and meta analysis of the electronic-medical articles within journals under review were performed. Results. The main risk factors for higher hospital resource utilization were identified: longer length of stay in the hospital, type of operation, postoperative mortality, postoperative complications and age. Conclusions. The main factors affecting higher hospital resource utilization are following: longer duration of stay in the hospital, advanced type of operation, postoperative mortality, postoperative complications and advanced age. Hospital resource utilization depends on patient anamnesis and quality of care in institution.