Effect of Patient’s Age on the Profitability of Inpatient Cardiac Catheterization: a Contribution Margin Analysis of Frequently Performed Procedures over a 5-Year Period

Due to a continuing age shift in the German society hospital providers are concerned about the additional costs associated with the treatment of elderly patients. It is not clear if cardiac catheterization in aged patients leads to higher resource utilization and if DRG-revenues do compensate for this factor.