TY - JOUR
T1 - Manchester–Fothergill procedure versus vaginal hysterectomy with uterosacral ligament suspension
T2 - an activity-based costing analysis
AU - Husby, Karen Ruben
AU - Tolstrup, Cæcilie Krogsgaard
AU - Lose, Gunnar
AU - Klarskov, Niels
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Introduction and hypothesis: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common diagnosis that imposes high and ever-growing costs to the healthcare economy. Numerous surgical techniques for the treatment of POP exist, but there is no consensus about which is the ideal technique for treating apical prolapse. The aim of this study was to estimate hospital costs for the most frequently performed operation, vaginal hysterectomy with uterosacral ligament suspension (VH) and the uterus-preserving Manchester–Fothergill procedure (MP), when including costs of postoperative activities. Methods: The study was based on a historical matched cohort including 590 patients (295 pairs) who underwent VH or MP during 2010–2014 owing to apical prolapse. The patients were matched according to age and preoperative prolapse stage and followed for a minimum of 20 months. Data were collected from four national registries and electronic medical records. Unit costs were obtained from relevant departments, hospital administration, calculated, or estimated by experts. The hospital perspective was applied for costing the resource use. Results: Total costs for the first 20 months after operation were 3,514 € per VH patient versus 2,318 € per MP patient. The cost difference between the techniques was 898 € (95% confidence interval [CI]: 818–982) per patient when analyzing the primary operation only and 1,196 € (CI: 927–1,465) when including subsequent activities within 20 months (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: The MP is substantially less expensive than the commonly used VH from a 20-month time perspective. Healthcare costs can be reduced by one third if MP is preferred over VH in the treatment of apical prolapse.
AB - Introduction and hypothesis: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common diagnosis that imposes high and ever-growing costs to the healthcare economy. Numerous surgical techniques for the treatment of POP exist, but there is no consensus about which is the ideal technique for treating apical prolapse. The aim of this study was to estimate hospital costs for the most frequently performed operation, vaginal hysterectomy with uterosacral ligament suspension (VH) and the uterus-preserving Manchester–Fothergill procedure (MP), when including costs of postoperative activities. Methods: The study was based on a historical matched cohort including 590 patients (295 pairs) who underwent VH or MP during 2010–2014 owing to apical prolapse. The patients were matched according to age and preoperative prolapse stage and followed for a minimum of 20 months. Data were collected from four national registries and electronic medical records. Unit costs were obtained from relevant departments, hospital administration, calculated, or estimated by experts. The hospital perspective was applied for costing the resource use. Results: Total costs for the first 20 months after operation were 3,514 € per VH patient versus 2,318 € per MP patient. The cost difference between the techniques was 898 € (95% confidence interval [CI]: 818–982) per patient when analyzing the primary operation only and 1,196 € (CI: 927–1,465) when including subsequent activities within 20 months (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: The MP is substantially less expensive than the commonly used VH from a 20-month time perspective. Healthcare costs can be reduced by one third if MP is preferred over VH in the treatment of apical prolapse.
KW - Activity-based costing analysis
KW - Apical prolapse
KW - Economic analysis
KW - Manchester–Fothergill procedure
KW - Pelvic organ prolapse
KW - Vaginal hysterectomy
U2 - 10.1007/s00192-018-3575-9
DO - 10.1007/s00192-018-3575-9
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 29480429
AN - SCOPUS:85042547265
SN - 0937-3462
VL - 29
SP - 1161
EP - 1171
JO - International Urogynecology Journal
JF - International Urogynecology Journal
IS - 8
ER -