ArticleThe Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology2016
Surgeon Awareness of Operating Room Supply Costs.
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- Orthopaedic surgery residents report little subjective or objective familiarity with healthcare costs.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2023Article
- Preventable operating room delays in robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: Identifying opportunities for cost reduction.Surgery · 2022Article
- A simple "passive awareness" intervention to decrease the cost of thoracoscopic lobectomy.Updates in surgery · 2021Article
- Predictors of the cost of hysterectomy for benign indications.Journal of gynecology obstetrics and human reproduction · 2021Article
- Cost Awareness of Common Supplies Is Severely Impaired Among All Members of the Surgical Team.The Journal of surgical research · 2020Article
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- Effects of a Surgical Receipt Program on the Supply Costs of Five General Surgery Procedures.The Journal of surgical research · 2019Article
- Operating Room Supply Cost Awareness: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Urology practice · 2019Article
- Cost of open and laparoscopic distal gastrectomy: surgeon perceptions versus the reality of hospital spending.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie · 2018Article
- Creating Value in Plastic Surgery.Seminars in plastic surgery · 2018Review
- Improving the value of care for appendectomy through an individual surgeon-specific approach.Journal of pediatric surgery · 2018Observational
- Identification and Cost of Disposable Endourological Devices for Nephrolithiasis: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Urological Trainees.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016Article
- Surgical Equipment Price Awareness Amongst Obstetrician-Gynecologists.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsArticle
- Cost Drivers for Single-Tendon Rotator Cuff Repair: Day-of-Surgery Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing Analysis.JB & JS open accessArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe extent to which surgeons understand costs associated with expensive operative procedures remains unclear. The goal of the study was to better understand surgeon cost awareness of operating room supplies and implants.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study of faculty (n = 24) and trainees (fellow and residents, n = 27) in the Department of Otolaryngology. Participants completed surveys to assess opinions on importance of cost and ease in accessing cost data and were asked to estimate the costs of operating room (OR) supplies and implants. Estimates within 20% of actual cost were considered correct. Analyses were stratified into faculty and trainee surgeons.
resultsCost estimates varied widely, with a low percentage of correct estimations (25% for faculty, 12% for trainees). Surgeons tended to underestimate the cost of high-cost items (55%) and overestimate the cost of low-cost items (77%). Attending surgeons were more accurate at correctly estimating costs within their own subspecialty (33% vs 16%, P < .001). Self-rated cost knowledge and years in practice did not correlate with cost accuracy (P < .05).
conclusionsA majority of surgeons were unable to correctly estimate the costs of items/implants used in their OR. An opportunity exists to improve the mechanisms by which cost data are fed back to physicians to help promote value-based decision making.
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