Impact of a cost containment program on the use of volatile anesthetics and neuromuscular blocking drugs
| Autor: | David W. Learned, James F. Szocik |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Adult Operating Rooms Inservice Training Cost Control media_common.quotation_subject Nitrous Oxide Hospitals General Drug Costs Anesthesiology Anesthesia Closed-Circuit Retrospective analysis Medicine Humans University medical General hospital Hospital Costs media_common Retrospective Studies Academic Medical Centers business.industry Blocking (radio) Volatile anesthetic Drug Utilization Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Anesthesia Case-Control Studies Anesthetics Inhalation Cost control Hospital Information Systems Neuromuscular Blocking Agents business Anesthesia Department Hospital Anesthesia Inhalation Cost containment |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical anesthesia. 6(5) |
| ISSN: | 0952-8180 |
| Popis: | Study Objective: To determine the impact of a cost containment program on the use of volatile anesthetics and neuromuscular blocking drugs. Design: Historical, controlled, retrospective analysis. Setting: Main operating rooms of an adult general hospital at a university medical center. Patients: All patients undergoing anesthesia between July 1991 and November 1993. Measurements and Main Results: Cost per case was determined by dividing the monthly expediture for each class of drug by the caseload for that month. Cost per case of volatile anesthetic drugs decreased from $19.20 ± 1.16 to $15.16 ± 0.39 ( p = 0.0034 by unpaired t -test). For neuromuscular blocking drugs, cost per case decreased from $19.67 ± 1.35 to $12.23 ± 0.66 ( p = 0.003). Conclusions: Concerted educational efforts can decrease the per case expenditures for both volatile anesthetic drugs and neuromuscular blocking drugs. |
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