MANAGEMENT IMPORTANCE OF COMMON TREATMENTS - CONTRIBUTION OF TOP 20 PROCEDURES TO SURGICAL WORKLOAD AND COST

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ELLIS, BW
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10.1136/bmj.302.6781.882
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Objective-To assess the contribution of the most frequently performed procedures to surgical workload and to evaluate the financial implications. Design-Analysis of data held on the department's computerised clinical information system. Setting-Department of surgery in a district general hospital. Patients-4845 patients were treated by surgeons in three consultant firms over an 18 month period and 5346 patients by surgeons in a single firm over a five year period. Main outcome measures-Percentage and cumulative percentage contribution to workload in order of frequency by procedure. Costs of the commonest and costliest treatments. Results-Half of the workload of the department was encompassed by eight procedures. Twenty procedures accounted for 70% of the work. For a single firm 20 procedures represented over 80% of all the surgical work. Transurethral prostatectomy was the treatment that consumed most resources (Laplace operational symbol 240 900 for 198 patients in 18 months). The costliest patients were those who had undergone complicated large bowel surgery, vascular reconstructions, or amputation. Conclusions-Clinicians and managers need to appreciate the importance of the most common surgical procedures. It is vital that performance and costing of these procedures are optimum as they contribute disproportionately to overall results and finance.
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