The path to sustainable cardiac surgery in Rwanda: analysis of costs for consumables used during cardiac surgery for a non-governmental organization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Until local healthcare infrastructure is strengthened, cardiac surgical care in low- and middle-income countries is often provided by non-governmental organizations by way of visiting healthcare teams. This is generally considered to be a cost-effective alternative to transporting patients to high income countries for surgical care, but the costs of cardiac surgery consumables under this model are poorly understood. Our objective was to identify the per-patient cost of cardiac surgery consumables used in single and double valve replacements performed by a non-governmental organization in Rwanda.

Methods

Financial data from 2020 were collected from Team Heart, a non-governmental organization that supports cardiac surgical care in Rwanda. A comprehensive list of con

SUBMITTER: Rando H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11443655 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature