Transparency to Reduce Surgical Implant Waste
Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery
; : 207-210, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Rising health care costs and emphasis on value have placed the onus of reducing healthcare costs on the surgeon. METHODS: Financial data from 3,973 hip, knee, and shoulder arthroplasties performed at a physician owned orthopedic hospital was retrospectively reviewed over a two-year period. A wasted implant financial report was posted starting the second year of the study. Each surgeon's performance could be identified by his peers. RESULTS: After posting of the financial report, 1.11% of all hip and knee arthroplasty cases had a waste event compared to 1.50% during the control year. Shoulder arthroplasty waste events occurred twice as often than that observed in hip and knee arthroplasty during the study period. A decrease in waste events was observed but was not statistically significant (p = 0.30). CONCLUSIONS: Posting a non-blinded wasted implant data sheet was associated with a reduction in the number of wasted orthopedic surgical implants in this series, although the reduction was not statistically significant.
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Main subject:
Orthopedics
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Retrospective Studies
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Cost Savings
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Disposable Equipment
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Joint Prosthesis
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery
Year:
2015
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Article