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- Presents a multidisciplinary approach in the value chain of health treatment involving surgeons, health management and policy scholars, and medical technology companies
- Introduces the theme of big data in surgery
- Compares health policies and innovation in surgery procedures
This book presents different patient-oriented perspectives from surgeons, economic evaluation and management researchers, and business companies active in the healthcare sector, striking a balance between the appropriateness/effectiveness of treatment and efficiency/cost. It does not include technical surgical details, but instead provides the necessary knowledge regarding different groups of patients to help economic and management researchers make accurate evaluations. Although partially based on the specific case of abdominal wall surgery in the Italian health system, the book defines a model that can, with the necessary adaptations, be applied in other national contexts. It also analyzes different reimbursement systems and methods of data collection. This approach supports the evolution from evidence-based medicine (EBM) to the future of real-world data (big data analysis). Further, it highlights the critical issue of “silos” reimbursement, which is the pillar of DRG, and proposes methodology to evaluate the direct and indirect benefit and costs of surgery (for example quality of care, costs incurred in cases of surgical complications due to the use of inappropriate, low-cost material or due to surgical procedure. It is a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons, policymakers and managers in the field. Table of Contents- The Evolution of Surgery
- Anatomy of the Abdominal Wall
- Clusters of Pathology and Interventions
- Unit of Wall Surgery
- Organization and Certification of Abdominal Wall Surgery
- Biomaterials in Abdominal Wall Surgery
- Care Settings
- Preventing Incisional Hernias: Closure of Abdominal Wall, Follow-Up in Abdominal Surgery
- State-of-the-Art of Abdominal Wall Surgery in Italy: Coding, Reimbursement, Hospitalisations and Expenditure for Surgical Meshes
- Presurgical Hidden Costs: Imaging, Assessment Clinic
- Post-Surgical Hidden Cost: Neuralgia
- Post-surgical Hidden Costs: Infections
- Basic Principles of Health Technology Assessment, Economic Evaluation, and Costing of Healthcare Programs
- Economic Modeling and Budget Impact Analysis in Abdominal Surgery: The Case of Mesh
- How to Measure Outcomes in Surgery
- Present and Future of EBM in Inguinal Hernia Repair and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
- Health Technology Assessment in Abdominal Wall Surgery
- Stakeholders’ Opinion
- Evolution of Abdominal Wall Surgery in Non-developed Countries
- How Social Patterns Affect the Development of Science and Medicine
- Ferrying to the Future
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