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Rajiv Y Chandawarkar1, Shiv Taylor, Peter Abrams

  • 1Division of Plastic Surgery and Departments of Medicine and Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06030-1601, USA. Chandawarkar@uchc.edu

Archives of Surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
|March 21, 2007
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Surgical residents often underestimate the costs of postoperative complications. A simple cost card intervention significantly improved their cost estimation accuracy by 35%, enhancing their understanding of healthcare expenses.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Health Economics
  • Surgical Training

Background:

  • Accurate cost estimation of postoperative complications is crucial for surgical resident competence.
  • There is a noted lack of awareness among surgical residents regarding the financial implications of patient care.

Observation:

  • Residents initially demonstrated a significant discrepancy between their estimated costs and the actual treatment expenses for postoperative complications.
  • A pocket-sized cost card was introduced as an educational tool to improve cost awareness.

Findings:

  • The introduction of the cost card led to a statistically significant improvement in residents' cost estimations, reducing the average percentage error by 35%.
  • Postgraduate year level and the specific clinical vignette did not significantly influence cost estimation accuracy.

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Implications:

  • A cost card is an effective and easily implementable educational tool to enhance surgical residents' understanding of healthcare costs.
  • Integrating such tools into residency curricula can improve core competence in managing the financial aspects of patient care.