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[Cost involved in retrieving multiple organs]
Cicera Izabel C de Oliveira Guerra1, Olimpio J Nogueira V Bittar, Moacir R de Siqueira
1Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Insights
Organ donation and retrieval is a costly hospital process. Current reimbursements from the Single Health System (SUS) do not cover these expenses, necessitating further cost-benefit research.
Area of Science:
- Medical Economics
- Healthcare Management
Context:
- Organ donation and retrieval processes are complex and resource-intensive for healthcare institutions.
- Hospitals incur significant expenses to maintain the infrastructure and operations required for organ procurement.
Purpose:
- To conduct a comprehensive survey of the expenses associated with organ donation and retrieval.
- To compare the total costs of organ donation with the reimbursement provided by the Single Health System (SUS).
Summary:
- A retrospective study analyzed medical records of 32 organ donors from January to December 1999.
- Key cost drivers included human resources, materials, utilities, examinations, equipment depreciation, and transportation.
- The study identified a significant deficit between total organ donation costs and SUS reimbursement values.
Impact:
- Highlights the financial challenges faced by hospitals involved in organ donation.
- Underscores the need for updated cost analyses and revised reimbursement policies to ensure the sustainability of organ donation programs.
- Emphasizes the necessity of reinvestment strategies to support critical healthcare services like organ transplantation.
Unlabelled:
The process of organ donation and retreat is complex and involves a high cost for hospitals that do it.
Purpose:
to survey the expenses with the process of donation and retreat of organs.
Methods:
retrospective study based on medical records of 32 donors, admitted in the Search Organs Organisation do Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, during the period from January to December of 1999.
Results:
the process is complex and involves a special structure as well as 24 hours of activities, making it costly. Expenses were related with the following items: human resources, permanent material, public utilities, complementary examinations, depreciation of equipment and transportation. A comparison with the values reimbursed by the Single Health System (SUS) followed.
Conclusion:
the total cost was high than the reimbursement provided by SUS, showing the necessity of research about cost of procedures and the reinvestment margin.