The financing of coronary artery bypass surgery.
The costs and charges for coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) are discussed. A paucity of national information is available; thus, more detailed data from the Maryland hospital experience are presented. The data show the interrelationship of charges, lengths of stay, sex, age and payor category. At a time when the primary concern for health care seems to be shifting from resource use to governmental budget expenditures, the data suggest that relatively few government dollars are paying for CABG.
D000368:Aged; D054598:Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000191:economics*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005251:Fees, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D006278:Medicare; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States