A study evaluating cost awareness amongst surgeons in a health service under financial strain.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2018.06.027
Abstract: BACKGROUND Despite having considerable influence over resource allocation clinicians possess poor knowledge of healthcare costs. This study evaluated surgeons' cost-awareness with regard to surgical equipment and assessed attitudes towards health economics training using survey format.… read more here.
Keywords: health economics; cost awareness; surgical equipment; cost ... See more keywords
Reducing Supply Cost by Standardization of Surgical Equipment in Laparoscopic Appendectomy
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DOI: 10.1097/qmh.0000000000000315
Abstract: Background and Objectives: Compensation for increased medical services from reimbursement systems are sometimes insufficient. Generally, appendectomies are performed by individual surgeons with their preferred instrument. Surgical equipment standardization is known to reduce medical cost without… read more here.
Keywords: surgical equipment; standardization; laparoscopic appendectomy; equipment ... See more keywords