Surgical suite utilization and capacity planning: A minimal cost analysis model

被引：112

作者：

Strum D.P. ^{[1
]}

Vargas L.G. ^{[2
]}

May J.H. ^{[2
]}

Bashein G. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Anesthesiology, Slot 515, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 72205

[2] Joseph M. Katz Grad. Sch. of Bus., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

[3] Department of Anesthesiology, Box 356540, University of Washington, Seattle

来源：

Journal of Medical Systems | 1997年 / 21卷 / 5期

关键词：

Capacity expansion; Capacity planning for surgical suites; Hospital; Measurement of utilization; Minimizing costs;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1022824725691

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摘要：

In this paper, we are concerned with cost reduction, operating suite utilization, and capacity planning in surgical services. We studied 58,251 computerized surgical records from a teaching hospital to determine a model for measuring operating suite utilization, analyzing the quality of surgical schedules, and allocating surgical suite budgets (capacity planning). The classical definition of operating suite (OR) utilization, encountered in the literature is the ratio of the total OR time used to the total OR time allocated or budgeted. To create a better measure of utilization, we measured underutilization and overutilization providing a more complete description of the overall use of resources. Because the costs of under and overutilization of operating suites are high, they are attractive potential targets for cost minimization and the magnitude of the potential savings are such that attempts to measure and eliminate this inefficiency could be financially rewarding.

引用

页码：309 / 322

页数：13

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