Hospitalization Costs for Umbilical Hernia Repair in Beijing, 2012-2024

Baoshan Wang's dataset contains retrospective analysis of 1,578 adult patients undergoing umbilical hernia repair surgery at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital from 2012 to 2024. It includes patient demographics, clinical characteristics, surgical methods, and cost components, with a mean hospitalization cost of 32,218.17 CNY. The data was used to identify key determinants influencing hospitalization costs over a 13-year period.

Use Cases

• Modeling hospitalization cost trends based on admission year data from 2012 to 2024
• Predicting surgical costs based on surgical approach (laparoscopic vs. open) and mesh use
• Analyzing cost impact of patient complexity based on number of additional diagnoses
• Investigating the relationship between length of hospital stay and total hospitalization costs

Strengths

• Dataset covers 1,578 patient records with detailed cost breakdowns
• Time series spans 13 years from 2012 to 2024, allowing trend analysis
• Analysis includes 146 emergent/urgent cases and 1,432 elective cases for comparison

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is from a single hospital (Beijing Chaoyang Hospital), limiting geographic generalizability
• Row count is unknown for the underlying data file, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Beijing Chaoyang Hospital electronic medical record system

Collection Method

Retrospective analysis of patient records

Time Range

January 2012 to December 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 05:20:07

Geography

Beijing, China