[Risk factors affecting hospital resource use in cardiac surgery].
Demographic changes in the society, favorable changes in disease patterns within population cause higher morbidity and higher mortality from cardiovascular diseases and increase need for hospital resource use. It is very important to identify the risk factors, which are responsible for higher health care costs. The objective of this article is to identify risk factors, which are responsible for higher hospital resource use.


METHODS
Search in web and meta analysis of the electronic-medical articles within journals under review were performed.


RESULTS
The main risk factors for higher hospital resource utilization were identified: longer length of stay in the hospital, type of operation, postoperative mortality, postoperative complications and age.


CONCLUSIONS
The main factors affecting higher hospital resource utilization are following: longer duration of stay in the hospital, advanced type of operation, postoperative mortality, postoperative complications and advanced age. Hospital resource utilization depends on patient anamnesis and quality of care in institution.
Vanagas
Giedrius
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Clinic of Cardiosurgery, Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital, Department of Preventive Medicine, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania. vanagas@one.lt
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006304:Health Status; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006760:Hospitalization; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007348:Insurance, Health; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012106:Research; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors