%0 Journal Article
%T In-hospital costs of an admission for adhesive small bowel obstruction
%A Barend A. van den Beukel
%A Chema Strik
%A Harry van Goor
%A Martijn W. J. Stommel
%A Pepijn Krielen
%A Richard P. G. ten Broek
%J Archive of "World Journal of Emergency Surgery : WJES".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s13017-016-0109-y
%X Previous research on the costs of treatment for ASBO is outdated and often based on reimbursements, rather than true healthcare provider costs of the admission and related interventions. An accurate estimate of the true costs of treatment is necessary to understand the healthcare burden and to model cost-efficacy of adhesion strategies. The aim of this study was to provide an accurate cost estimate of the in-hospital costs for treatment of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) using micro-costing methods
%K Colorectal surgery
%K SBO
%K Surgery
%K Adhesions
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5053022/