XXXX Inpatients Undergoing Mastectomy from a Hospital in Guangzhou, China: A Retrospective Analysis 2004- 2013.

@entity1 @entity9962 @entity0 @entity260
BACKGROUND: To explore the hospitalizations of @entity0 @entity1 undergoing mastectomy, and to provide a basis for management, clinical prevention and treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted an investigation by means of the retrospective survey and the medical records retrieval system, and made out the data of @entity1 suffered from @entity0 in a hospital in Guangzhou from 2004 to 2013, including age, medical payment methods, pathological type, treatment, treatment results, complications, hospitalization days, cost and so on. RESULTS: The average age of the inpatients was 50.14 years old. The main histologic types were @entity9962 (88.06%). The main surgery was modified radical mastectomy (80.41%). The cure rate was 90.80% during the 10 years. The main medical payment method was self-paying (57.28%). The average hospital stay was 13.51 days, and average hospitalization cost was RMB 23,083.66 yuan, proportion of drug fees up to 39.70%. @entity260 rate was 0.79%. The self-paying group was with the highest proportion of drug fees (P<0.05), while the free medical service group was with the longest hospitalization days (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The payment methods significantly affected the proportion of drug fees and hospitalization days. The therapeutic effect was satisfactory with less complications and reasonable proportion of drug fees in our hospital.
