[Dealing with Acute Complications of Aesthetic Surgery Procedures Performed Abroad: Cost Analysis for the Swiss Health System].
[Dealing with Acute Complications of Aesthetic Surgery Procedures Performed Abroad: Cost Analysis for the Swiss Health System].
Praxis (Bern 1994). 2020 Sep;109(12):961-966
Authors: Mathez-Loïc C, Raffoul W, di Summa PG
Abstract
Dealing with Acute Complications of Aesthetic Surgery Procedures Performed Abroad: Cost Analysis for the Swiss Health System Abstract. Aesthetic surgery tourism is a growing phenomenon, with a steady increase of people travelling abroad for surgical procedures. In our hospital, a relevant number of patients consulted the emergency department for complications after cosmetic surgery performed in foreign countries. This progressively increasing trend leads to multiple outpatient clinic consultations and surgical re-operations. We investigated this phenomenon at Lausanne University Hospital from May 2015 to December 2018, with the aim to give a review of the surgical and hospital care costs, finally affecting the Swiss insurance system.
PMID: 32933387 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Praxis - Category: General Medicine Authors: Mathez-Loïc C, Raffoul W, di Summa PG Tags: Praxis (Bern 1994) Source Type: research
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