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Inpatient healthcare burden and variables influencing hydrocephalus-related admissions across the lifespan
CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to quantify the patient demographics and cost of hydrocephalus shunt-related admissions across the entire age spectrum. Shunt-related admissions cost the US more than $2.06 billion dollars per year and represent only a fraction of the total cost of hydrocephalus care.PMID:36681977 | DOI:10.3171/2022.10.JNS22330
Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - January 22, 2023 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Jenna E Koschnitzky Erwin Yap Yifan Zhang Monica J Chau Ketan Yerneni Anna Lisa Somera Mark Luciano Abhay Moghekar Source Type: research

Cost of prenatal versus postnatal myelomeningocele closure for both mother and child at 1 year of life.
CONCLUSIONS: The median cost of prenatal versus postnatal MMC closure did not significantly differ from a hospital perspective at 1 year, although variability in cost was high for both groups. When considering the mother alone, prenatal MMC closure was costlier. Future work is needed to assess cost from a patient and societal perspective both at 1 year and beyond. PMID: 31574469 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Neurosurgical Focus - September 30, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Kessler BA, Catalino MP, Quinsey C, Goodnight W, Elton S Tags: Neurosurg Focus Source Type: research