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[Surgical costs in an otorhinolaryngology department]
Nicolás González Poggioli1, Jesús Herranz González-Botas, Alfonso Castro Ramallo
1Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo, A Coruña, España. nicolas.glez@canalejo.org
Objective:
To describe the costs of the surgical procedures most frequently performed in an Otorhinolaryngology Department.
Materials And Method:
A descriptive economic analysis of the 5 most frequent surgical procedures performed during 2006, based on the following variables: human resources, non-structural equipment, medication, diagnostic tests and hospitalization during pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative phases.
Results:
Of the 1108 procedures, the most common was tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy with 25.45 % (282), followed by thyroidectomy/hemithyroidectomy with 8.39 % (93), septoplasty with 8.3 % (92), endoscopic CO2 laser with 8.21 % (91) and tympanoplasty with 7.85 % (87). The total cost for each surgical procedure was 301.02 euro, 1422.09 euro, 315.57 euro, 1245.29 euro, and 1454.04 euro, respectively.
Conclusions:
The analysis of costs shows a direct relationship between the complexity of the procedure and its cost, in terms of human resources, equipment and hospitalization. The use of ambulatory surgery units positively influenced by reducing costs.
