Acute complications of permanent pacemaker implantation: their financial implication and relation to volume and operator experience.
Complication rates after pacemaker implantation decline after increasing operator experiences (total cases), activity (cases per year), and facility with cephalic vein cutdown technique. The incremental cost of care is driven by hospital resource utilization and does not parallel medical severity.
Tobin
K
K
Northern California Cardiology Associates, Sacramento, USA.
Stewart
J
J
Westveer
D
D
Frumin
H
H
D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002983:Clinical Competence; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000191:economics; D011446:Prospective Studies