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Economic Impact of an Enhanced Recovery Pathway for Lung Resection

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Submitted by

Claire Vernon

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.05.085

Author(s)

Philippe Paci, Amin Madani, Lawrence Lee, Juan Mata, David S. Mulder, Jonathan Spicer, Lorenzo E. Ferri, Liane S. Feldman

Paci and colleagues investigated the effect that multimodal enhanced recovery pathways (ERP) have on the costs of lung resection. The authors’ analysis evaluated the socioeconomic impact of ERPs including postdischarge health care system utilization and caregiver burden, in addition to institutional costs.