Covid -19 Pandemic: Economic Burden on Patients Operated for Traumatic Close Fractures

Completed

• Conditions: Economic Burden

• Registration Number: NCT04482205
• Lead Sponsor: Aga Khan University

Brief Summary

Covid-19 has adversely impacted the health care organizations by over burdening with Covid patients and suspending the elective surgeries and clinics A single center retrospective study was conducted to quantify losses due to postponement of elective surgeries and extra cost for procurement of PPEs. The secondary objective was to see the effect of Covid -19 on the total costs of inpatient care during Covid era.

Detailed Description

Covid-19 has impacted adversely the economy of Pakistan that has already poor and challenged socioeconomic conditions This is a single hospital retrospective cross sectional study conducted to quantify losses due postponement of elective surgeries and procurement of PPEs and see the effect of Covid -19 on the total costs of inpatient care during Covid era.

We included all the patients admitted in orthopedic section for operative intervention of fractures and elective procedures from January 1, 2020 to May 31, 2020. We divided this period into two halves; the first half was from January first to March 15 named as PreCovid Era and second half was from March 16, to May 31, 2020, termed as Covid Era. The total number of trauma procedures and elective procedures were compared in both eras. We compared six procedures each from upper and lower limit for cost analysis and length of stay. We also analyzed the extra cost for procurement of PPEs.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-16
• Primary Completion: 2020-05-31
• Study Completion: 2020-05-31
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-21
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-22
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 840

Inclusion Criteria

• All the patients admitted in orthopedic section for operative intervention of fractures and elective procedures from January 1, 2020 to May 31, 2020.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients presenting with other bone morbidities that did not require surgical interventions including rickets, osteomalacia, osteogenesis imperfecta, marble bone disease (osteopetrosis), Paget disease of bone, and fibrous dysplasia, patients with incomplete medical records were excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the effect of Covid -19 on the total costs of inpatient care	5 months	the effect of Covid -19 on the total costs of inpatient care during Covid era

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
drop in the collective revenue generated in covid era	5 months	to quantify drop in the collective revenue generated in covid era

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Aga Khan University Hospital; 🇵🇰 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan