Cost-Effectiveness of Blood Transfusion Alternatives
General Economic Assessments
The cost of blood transfusion in Western Europe as estimated from six studies. (opens new window)
Source: Transfusion 2012;52(9):1983-8.
Indexed: PubMed 22313531
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03532.x
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22313531 (opens new window)
Multimodal patient blood management program based on a three-pillar strategy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (opens new window)
Source: Ann Surg 2019;269(5):794-804.
Indexed: PubMed 30418206
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003095
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30418206 (opens new window)
Cost estimate of platelet transfusion in the United States for patients with chronic liver disease and associated thrombocytopenia undergoing elective procedures. (opens new window)
Source: J Med Econ 2018;21(8):827-34.
Indexed: PubMed 29912593
DOI: 10.1080/13696998.2018.1490301
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29912593 (opens new window)
Blood management: a primer for clinicians. (opens new window)
Source: Pharmacotherapy 2007;27(10):1394-411.
Indexed: PubMed 17896895
DOI: 10.1592/phco.27.10.1394
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17896895 (opens new window)
Peri-operative blood transfusion increases length of hospital stay and number of postoperative complications in non-cardiac surgical patients. (opens new window)
Source: Hong Kong Med J 2010;16(2):116-20.
Indexed: PubMed 20354245
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20354245 (opens new window)
Health and economic outcomes associated with uncontrolled surgical bleeding: a retrospective analysis of the premier perspectives database. (opens new window)
Source: Clinicoecon Outcomes Res 2015;7:409-21.
Indexed: PubMed 26229495
DOI: 10.2147/CEOR.S86369
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26229495 (opens new window)
Estimating the epidemiological and economic impact of implementing preoperative anaemia measures in the German healthcare system: the health economic footprint of patient blood management. (opens new window)
Source: Adv Ther 2020;37(8):3515-36.
Indexed: PubMed 32562124
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-020-01372-4
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32562124 (opens new window)
Implementation of a patient blood management program based on a low-income country-adapted clinical decision support system. (opens new window)
Source: Hematol Transfus Cell Ther 2022;44(3):374-8.
Indexed: PubMed 33741301
DOI: 10.1016/j.htct.2020.12.010
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33741301 (opens new window)
Greater than sevenfold return on investment for a comprehensive patient blood management program with equivalent or improved outcomes. (opens new window)
Source: Anesth Analg 2024;138(6):1345-48.
Indexed: PubMed 38530909
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006862
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38530909/ (opens new window)
Methods of bloodless care, clinical outcomes, and costs for adult patients who decline allogeneic transfusions. (opens new window)
Source: Anesth Analg 2022;135(3):576-85.
Indexed: PubMed 35977366
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006114
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35977366 (opens new window)
Implementing a health system-wide patient blood management program with a clinical community approach. (opens new window)
Source: Anesthesiology 2017;127(5):754-64.
Indexed: PubMed 28885446
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001851
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28885446 (opens new window)
Risk-adjusted clinical outcomes in patients enrolled in a bloodless program. (opens new window)
Source: Transfusion 2014;54(10 Pt 2):2668-77.
Indexed: PubMed 24942198
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12752
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24942198 (opens new window)
The ONTraC Ontario program in blood conservation. (opens new window)
Source: Transfus Apher Sci 2014;50(1):32-6.
Indexed: PubMed 24388485
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2013.12.010
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24388485 (opens new window)
Restrictive blood transfusion practices are associated with improved patient outcomes. (opens new window)
Source: Transfusion 2014;54(10 Pt 2):2753-9.
Indexed: PubMed 24995770
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12723
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24995770 (opens new window)
The contemporary economics of transfusions. (opens new window)
Source: In: Spiess BD, Spence RK, Shander A, eds. Perioperative Transfusion Medicine. Second edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006. p. 13-38.
Indexed: ISBN 0-7817-3755-9
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62123297?chap=2 (opens new window)
Improving red cell transfusion in the elective surgical setting: an improvement collaborative with evaluation. (opens new window)
Source: Vox Sang 2015;108(4):393-402.
Indexed: PubMed 25753648
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12237
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25753648 (opens new window)
Economic considerations on transfusion medicine and patient blood management. (opens new window)
Source: Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 2013;27(1):59-68.
Indexed: PubMed 23590916
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2013.02.001
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23590916 (opens new window)
Activity-based cost of platelet transfusions in medical and surgical inpatients at a US hospital. (opens new window)
Source: Vox Sang 2021;116(9):998-1004.
Indexed: PubMed 33772793
DOI: 10.1111/vox.13095
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33772793 (opens new window)
The cost of one unit blood transfusion components and cost-effectiveness analysis results of transfusion improvement program. (opens new window)
Source: Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Derg 2021;29(2):150-7.
Indexed: PubMed 34104508
DOI: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2021.20886
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34104508 (opens new window)
Transfusing wisely: clinical decision support improves blood transfusion practices. (opens new window)
Source: Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2017;43(8):389-95.
Indexed: PubMed 28738984
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2017.04.003
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28738984 (opens new window)
Impact of a patient blood management monitoring and feedback programme on allogeneic blood transfusions and related costs. (opens new window)
Source: Anaesthesia 2019;74(12):1534-41.
Indexed: PubMed 31448406
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14816
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31448406 (opens new window)
A model-based cost-effectiveness analysis of Patient Blood Management. (opens new window)
Source: Blood Transfus 2019;17(1):16-26.
Indexed: PubMed 29517965
DOI: 10.2450/2018.0213-17
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29517965 (opens new window)
Improved outcomes and reduced costs associated with a health-system-wide patient blood management program: a retrospective observational study in four major adult tertiary-care hospitals. (opens new window)
Source: Transfusion 2017;57(6):1347-58.
Indexed: PubMed 28150313
DOI: 10.1111/trf.14006
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28150313 (opens new window)
Clinical, economical and safety impact of ferric carboxymaltose use in Patient Blood Management programme in Portuguese National Health Service hospitals. (opens new window)
Source: Sci Rep 2022;12(1):19335.
Indexed: PubMed 36369296
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21929-3
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36369296 (opens new window)
Risks, benefits, alternatives and indications of allogenic blood transfusions. (opens new window)
Source: Minerva Anestesiol 2006;72(5):283-98.
Indexed: PubMed 16675937
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16675937 (opens new window)
Adequacy of physician documentation and correlation with assessment of transfusion appropriateness: a follow-up study in the setting of prospective audits and patient blood management. (opens new window)
Source: Transfusion 2017;57(2):367-75.
Indexed: PubMed 27873340
DOI: 10.1111/trf.13917
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27873340 (opens new window)
The costs of producing a unit of blood in Zimbabwe. (opens new window)
Source: Transfusion 2016;56(3):628-36.
Indexed: PubMed 26598799
DOI: 10.1111/trf.13405
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26598799 (opens new window)
Evaluation of a multilevel laboratory stewardship intervention targeted to cardiac and thoracic surgical services at an academic medical center. (opens new window)
Source: Arch Pathol Lab Med 2023;147(8):957-63.
Indexed: PubMed 36287195
DOI: doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0593-OA.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36287195 (opens new window)
A contemporary analysis of phlebotomy and iatrogenic anemia development throughout hospitalization in critically ill adults. (opens new window)
Source: Anesth Analg 2022;135(3):501-10.
Indexed: PubMed 35977360
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006127
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35977360 (opens new window)
The cost of blood: a study of the total cost of red blood cell transfusion in patients with β-thalassemia using time-driven activity-based costing. (opens new window)
Source: Transfusion 2019;59(11):3386-95.
Indexed: PubMed 31664712
DOI: 10.1111/trf.15558
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31664712 (opens new window)
Associations between preoperative anaemia and hospital costs following major abdominal surgery: cohort study. (opens new window)
Source: BJS Open 2021;5(2):zraa070.
Indexed: PubMed 33834189
DOI: 10.1093/bjsopen/zraa070
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33834189/ (opens new window)
Frequency and outcomes of blood products transfusion across procedures and clinical conditions warranting inpatient care: an analysis of the 2004 healthcare cost and utilization project nationwide inpatient sample database. (opens new window)
Source: Am J Med Qual 2010;25(4):289-96.
Indexed: PubMed 20530223
DOI: 10.1177/1062860610366159
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20530223 (opens new window)
ONTraC: A 20-year history of a successfully coordinated provincewide Patient Blood Management Program: lessons learned and goals achieved. (opens new window)
Source: Anesth Analg 2022;135(3):448-58.
Indexed: PubMed 35977355
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006065
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35977355 (opens new window)
Effective reduction of blood product use in a community teaching hospital: when less is more. (opens new window)
Source: Am J Med 2013;126(10):894-902.
Indexed: PubMed 24054957
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.06.013
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24054957 (opens new window)
Health care-associated infection after red blood cell transfusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (opens new window)
Source: JAMA 2014;311(13):1317-26.
Indexed: PubMed 24691607
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.2726
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24691607 (opens new window)
Perioperative inappropriate red blood cell transfusions significantly increase total costs in elective surgical patients, representing an important economic burden for hospitals. (opens new window)
Source: Front Med (Lausanne) 2022;9:956128.
Indexed: PubMed 36111110
DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.956128
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36111110 (opens new window)
Activity-based costs of blood transfusions in surgical patients at four hospitals. (opens new window)
Source: Transfusion 2010;50(4):753-65.
Indexed: PubMed 20003061
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02518.x
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20003061 (opens new window)
Activity-based costs of plasma transfusions in medical and surgical inpatients at a US hospital. (opens new window)
Source: Vox Sang 2016;111(1):55-61.
Indexed: PubMed 26919686
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12386
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26919686 (opens new window)
Financial and clinical outcomes associated with surgical bleeding complications. (opens new window)
Source: Surgery 2007;142(4 Suppl):S20-5.
Indexed: PubMed 18019945
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18019945 (opens new window)
Accurate costs of blood transfusion: a microcosting of administering blood products in the United Kingdom National Health Service. (opens new window)
Source: Transfusion 2018;58(4):846-53.
Indexed: PubMed 29380872
DOI: 10.1111/trf.14493
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29380872 (opens new window)
Impact of bleeding-related complications and/or blood product transfusions on hospital costs in inpatient surgical patients. (opens new window)
Source: BMC Health Serv Res 2011;11:135.
Indexed: PubMed 21627788
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-135
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21627788 (opens new window)
Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of comprehensive anemia management, the first pillar of patient blood management, on the Turkish healthcare system. (opens new window)
Source: Clinicoecon Outcomes Res 2022;14:415-26.
Indexed: PubMed 35669886
DOI: 10.2147/CEOR.S360944
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35669886 (opens new window)
Costs to hospitals of acquiring and processing blood in the US: a survey of hospital-based blood banks and transfusion services. (opens new window)
Source: Appl Health Econ Health Policy 2011;9(1):29-37.
Indexed: PubMed 21174480
DOI: 10.2165/11530740-000000000-00000
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21174480 (opens new window)
Increased hospital costs associated with red blood cell transfusion. (opens new window)
Source: Transfusion 2015;55(5):1082-9.
Indexed: PubMed 25488623
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12958
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25488623 (opens new window)
Associations of a preoperative anemia and suboptimal iron stores screening and management clinic in colorectal surgery with hospital cost, reimbursement, and length of stay: a net cost analysis. (opens new window)
Source: Anesth Analg 2021;132(2):344-52.
Indexed: PubMed 33105276
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005241
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33105276 (opens new window)
Implementation of a comprehensive patient blood management program for hospitalized patients at a large united states medical center. (opens new window)
Source: Mayo Clin Proc. 2021;96(12):2980-90.
Indexed: PubMed 34736775
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.07.017
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34736775/ (opens new window)