Costs Associated With Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: An Analysis Merging STS and Medicare Data

Submitted by: Christopher Anderson

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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Author(s): Rachel L. Medbery, MD, Felix G. Fernandez, MD, MSc, Andrzej S. Kosinski, PhD, Betty C. Tong, MD, MHS, Anthony P. Furnary, MD, Liqi Feng, MS, Mark Onaitis, MD, Daniel Boffa, MD, Cameron D. Wright, MD, Patricia Cowper, PhD, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD, Joe B. Putnam, Jr, MD, and Robert H. Habib, PhD

The goal of this study was to determine underlying case mix factors that can contribute to a plethora of 90-day costs of lobectomy for early-stage lung cancer.

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