Effects of a Surgical Receipt Program on the Supply Costs of Five General Surgery Procedures.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Surgical supplies occupy a large portion of health care expenditures but is often under the surgeon's control. We sought to assess whether an automated, surgeon-directed, cost feedback system can decrease supply expenditures for five common general surgery procedures. MATERIALS AND METHODS:An automated "surgical receipt" detailing intraoperative supply costs was generated and emailed to surgeons after each case. We compared the median cost per case for 18 mo before and after implementation of the surgical receipt. We controlled for price fluctuations by applying common per-unit prices in both periods. We also compared the incision time, case length booking accuracy, length of stay, and postoperative occurrences. RESULTS:Median costs decreased significantly for open inguinal hern

SUBMITTER: Zhao B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6377849 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature