Endometrial surgery increases direct and indirect costs

This analysis estimated incremental direct and indirect cost burdens attributable to endometriosis surgeries in the United States, using published cost components expressed in 2014 US dollars. The paper reports that undergoing endometriosis surgeries is associated with both increased direct healthcare costs and additional indirect costs, such as productivity losses, relative to an appropriate comparison frame. A key limitation is that cost estimates rely on assumptions and the availability/quality of inputs drawn from existing data sources rather than prospectively collected utilization and outcome information within a single cohort. Relevance to endometriosis: the paper is explicitly about endometriosis-related surgical care and quantifies its incremental direct and indirect cost burden.

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