Cost accounting in a surgical unit in a teaching hospital--a pilot study.
Ceylon Med J
;
2003 Sep; 48(3): 71-4
Artigo
em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Economic constraints remain one of the major limitations on the quality of health care even in industrialised countries. Improvement of quality will require optimising facilities within available resources. Our objective was to determine costs of surgery and to identify areas where cost reduction is possible. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
80 patients undergoing routine major and intermediate surgery during a period of 6 months were selected at random. All consumables used and procedures carried out were documented. A unit cost was assigned to each of these. Costing was based on 3 main categories preoperative (investigations, blood product related costs), operative (anaesthetic charges, consumables and theatre charges) and post-operative (investigations, consumables, hospital stay). Theatre charges included two components fixed (consumables) and variable (dependent on time per operation).RESULTS:
The indirect costs (e.g. administration costs, 'hotel' costs), accounted for 30%, of the total and were lower than similar costs in industrialised nations. The largest contributory factors (median, range) towards total cost were, basic hospital charges (30%; 15 to 63%); theatre charges fixed (23%; 6 to 35%) and variable (14%; 8 to 27%); and anaesthetic charges (15%; 1 to 36%).CONCLUSION:
Cost reduction in patients undergoing surgery should focus on decreasing hospital stay, operating theatre time and anaesthetic expenditure. Although definite measures can be suggested from the study, further studies on these variables are necessary to optimise cost effectiveness of surgical units.
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Assunto principal:
Salas Cirúrgicas
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Sri Lanka
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Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Operatórios
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Projetos Piloto
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Redução de Custos
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Custos Hospitalares
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Alocação de Custos
Tipo de estudo:
Avaliação Econômica em Saúde
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Estudo prognóstico
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Ceylon Med J
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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