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- Title
Surgical Supply Cost Awareness Is Associated With Lower Costs: A Single-Center Experience.
- Authors
Tseng, Joshua; Sax, Harry C.; Gewertz, Bruce L.; Margulies, Daniel R.; Alban, Rodrigo F.
- Abstract
Surgeons are often unfamiliar with the costs of surgical instrumentation and supplies. We hypothesized that surgeon cost feedback would be associated with a reduction in cost. A multidisciplinary team evaluated surgical supply costs for laparoscopic appendectomies of 7 surgeons (surgeons A-G) at a single-center academic institution. In the intervention, each surgeon was debriefed with their average supply cost per case, their partner's average supply cost per case, the cost of each surgical instrument/supply, and the cost of alternatives. In addition, the laparoscopic appendectomy tray was standardized to remove extraneous instruments. Pre-intervention (March 2017-February 2018) and post-intervention (March 2018-October 2018) costs were compared. Pre-intervention, the surgeons' average supply cost per case ranged from $754-$1189; when ranked from most to least expensive, surgeon A > B > C > D > E > F > G. Post-intervention, the surgeons' average supply cost per case ranged from $676 to $846, and ranked from surgeon G > D > F > C > E > B > A. Overall, the average cost per case was lower in the post-intervention group ($854.35 vs. $731.11, P < .001). This resulted in savings per case of $123.24 (14.4%), to a total annualized savings of $29 151.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; SURGICAL equipment; APPENDECTOMY; SURGICAL instruments; COST control; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; OPPORTUNITY costs; APPENDICITIS; COGNITION; LAPAROSCOPY; SURGEONS; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
American Surgeon, 2020, Vol 86, Issue 10, p1407
- ISSN
0003-1348
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/0003134820964494