Financial incentives for the deployment of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) in the SwissDRG inpatient prospective payment system: a national study

Affiliations

¹ Department of Visceral Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Department of Development and External Affairs, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Administration and Finance, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁵ General Direction, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Gaëtan-Romain Joliat et al. BJS Open. 2024.

. 2024 Dec 30;9(1):zraf017.

doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf017.

¹ Department of Visceral Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Department of Development and External Affairs, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Administration and Finance, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁵ General Direction, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.

No abstract available

References

1. Ljungqvist O, Scott M, Fearon KC. Enhanced recovery after surgery: a review. JAMA Surg 2017;152:292–298 - PubMed
1. Nicholson A, Lowe MC, Parker J, Lewis SR, Alderson P, Smith AF. Systematic review and meta-analysis of enhanced recovery programmes in surgical patients. Br J Surg 2014;101:172–188 - PubMed
1. Grass F, Roth-Kleiner M, Demartines N, Agri F. Day admission surgery program in a prospective payment system: what are the financial incentives? Health Serv Insights 2024;17:1–7 - PMC - PubMed
1. Roulin D, Donadini A, Gander S, Griesser AC, Blanc C, Hübner M et al. Cost-effectiveness of the implementation of an enhanced recovery protocol for colorectal surgery. Br J Surg 2013;100:1108–1114 - PubMed
1. Lee WC, Neoh EC, Wong LP, Tan KG. Shorter length of stay and significant cost savings with ambulatory surgery primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty in Asians using enhanced recovery protocols. J Clin Orthop Trauma 2024;50:102379. - PMC - PubMed