Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Remote Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring of Scoliosis Surgery Patients on General Wards: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Authors' conclusion
In scoliosis surgery, the implementation of a remote continuous inpatient monitoring service reduced inpatient costs and hours in ICU.
Study context
- Population
- Scoliosis surgery patients
- Participants
- 155 vs 133
- Comparison
- Postimplementation vs Preimplementation
- Postimplementationn = 155
- Preimplementationn = 133reference
- Outcome
- Incremental cost per ICU hour avoided
Methodological detailspre- and postimplementation comparison, multivariable regression adjustment
- Pre- and postimplementation comparison
- Multivariable regression adjustment
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
ICU hours avoided and health care costs (adjusted)
ICU hours avoided per patient, post- vs preimplementation
27.1 hours
Reduction in overall health care costs per patient, post- vs preimplementation
AU$2682
US$2164
Further findings
Hospital LOS
- No statistically significant difference in hospital LOS
- RR 1.01; 0.93-1.11; P = .785 (95% CI, P)
- Adjusted analysis
Emergency readmissions
- No statistically significant difference in emergency readmissions
- OR 0.93; 0.44-1.99; P = .854 (95% CI, P)
- Adjusted analysis
Safety
- No statistically significant difference in hospital-acquired complications
- OR 0.68; 0.27-1.66; P = .393 (95% CI, P)
- Adjusted analysis
Original publication
Remote Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring of Scoliosis Surgery Patients on General Wards: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Anesth Analg. Published 17 July 2025. doi:10.
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