• Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P.R.China;
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Objective  To investigate cost-effectiveness of no indwelling urinary catheter in pulmonary lobectomy patients and to confirm the advances of no indwelling urinary catheter. Methods  We recruited 148 lung cancer patients who were scheduled for pulmonary lobectomy under general anesthesia in West China Hospital from July through December 2015. These patients were divided into two groups including an indwelling urinary catheter group (74 patients, 45 males and 29 females, at age of 52.55±19.87 years) and a no indwelling urinary catheter group (74 patients, 42 males and 32 females, at age of 54.03±16.66 years). Indexes of cost-effectiveness of the two groups were compared. Results  There was no statistical difference between the two groups in duration of indwelling catheter (1.56±0.0.65 d versus 1.68±0.91 d, P=0.077). Material expense(4 811.48 yuan versus 296.74 yuan, P=0.045), cost of nursing care (7 413.32 yuan versus 457.32 yuan, P=0.013), and total expense (12 224.8 yuan versus 754.06 yuan, P=0.000) in the indwelling catheter group were higher than those in the no indwelling catheter group. Material expense per patient (65.02±5.62 yuan/patient-time versus 4.01±0.00 yuan/patient-time, P=0.000), cost of nursing care per patient (100.18±7.19 yuan/patient-time versus 6.18±1.22 yuan/patient-time, P=0.000), and total cost per patient (165.20±12.81 yuan/patienttime versus 10.19±1.22 yuan/patient-time, P=0.000) in the indwelling catheter group were higher than those in the no indwelling catheter group. Conclusion  Both costs and labor of nurse can be cut down for appropriate lung cancer patients undergoing lobectomy without routine indwelling urinary catheter.

Citation: YANGMei, CHENJuan, CHEGuo-wei, QIUFang, WANGWei, LINLin, LIULun-xu. Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Perioperative No Indwelling Urinary Catheter in Lung Cancer Patients with Pulmonary Lobectomy. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016, 23(5): 421-424. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20160100 Copy

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