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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2014; 20(2): 532-538
Published online Jan 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i2.532
Published online Jan 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i2.532
Incidence trends and predictors for cost and average lengths of stay in colorectal cancer surgery
Daw-Shyong Perng, I-Cheng Lu, Chih-Wen Lin, Department of Medicine, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung City 824, Taiwan
Daw-Shyong Perng, I-Cheng Lu, Chih-Wen Lin, Kuang-Wen Liu, I-Show University, Kaohsiung City 840, Taiwan
Hon-Yi Shi, Chih-Wen Lin, Ya-Fen Su, King-Teh Lee, Graduate Institute of Healthcare Administration, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan
Kuang-Wen Liu, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung City 824, Taiwan
Author contributions: Perng DS and Lee KT designed research; Su YF and Liu KW performed research; Lu IC and Lin CW contributed new reagents or analytic tools; Shi HY analyzed data; Perng DS wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Dr. King-Teh Lee, MD, Graduate Institute of Healthcare Administration, Kaohsiung Medical University, No. 100, Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan. hshi@kmu.edu.tw
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Received: August 10, 2013
Revised: September 30, 2013
Accepted: October 17, 2013
Published online: January 14, 2014
Revised: September 30, 2013
Accepted: October 17, 2013
Published online: January 14, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: We evaluated the trend of colorectal cancer surgery and compared hospitalization cost and length of stay with those in other countries. Age, source, surgical type, tumor size, tumor site, and tumor stage were associated with decreased hospital resource utilization. To efficiently allocate of medical resources, these factors must be managed.