Sentences with phrase «cost elective surgery»

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«Opioids before surgery means higher costs, more problems afterward, study finds: Research suggests that patients and physicians should be aware of opioid use before elective operations like hysterectomy and bariatric surgery.»

The study finds longer recovery and higher costs among surgery patients who were taking opioids before an elective operation.

People look at their cost - sharing, and they say this is a lot of money, I'm not sure I can afford it, so they're cutting back on discretionary imaging, they're cutting back on elective surgeries, and on referrals to specialists that might not be covered.

In new findings published online in the journal Annals of Surgery on December 19, 2014, researchers determined the hospital costs and risk of death for emergency surgery and compared it to the same operation when performed in a planned, elective manner for three common surgical procedures: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon resSurgery on December 19, 2014, researchers determined the hospital costs and risk of death for emergency surgery and compared it to the same operation when performed in a planned, elective manner for three common surgical procedures: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon ressurgery and compared it to the same operation when performed in a planned, elective manner for three common surgical procedures: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon resection.

There are a few medical arenas where the costs have plummeted, with quality rising: elective plastic surgery, and lasik.

Even when a health plan covers an elective surgery, it rarely pays 100 % of the cost.