大量的内分泌外科医生以较低的成本进行甲状腺手术,尽管病例相对值单位的增加
Gustavo Romero-Velez1, Salem I Noureldine2, Talia Burneikis3
1Department of Endocrine Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Surgery
|September 28, 2023
概括
高体积内分泌外科医生与低体积外科医生相比,显著降低了甲状腺切除术的成本. 这种成本降低在复杂的手术中更为明显,突出显示了外科医生专业化的经济效益.
科学领域:
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 外科手术的结果
- 医疗保健管理的管理
背景情况:
- 医疗保健系统正在转向以价值为基础的护理,强调质量和成本效益.
- 了解外科医生数量与医疗保健成本之间的关系对于优化资源配置至关重要.
- 分析了甲状腺切除术的成本,以评估外科医生的经验对财务结果的影响.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较由高体积内分泌外科医生和低体积外科医生进行的甲状腺切除手术的直接成本.
- 调查外科医生数量如何影响大型医疗保健系统内的医疗保健支出.
- 为了确定外科医生专业化是否影响甲状腺手术的成本效益.
主要方法:
- 在一个计费年度内,对单个医疗保健系统内的所有甲状腺切除手术的回顾性分析.
- 外科医生被分为高体积 (>50例/年) 或低体积.
- 程序按相对价值单位 (RVU) 分为低,中,高分类,以考虑复杂性.
主要成果:
- 在674例确诊的甲状腺切除术病例中,高体积的外科医生进行了79%.
- 大批量的外科医生处理了更多的中等和高RVU病例 (P < .01).
- 与低体积外科医生相比,高体积外科医生在总成本下降了26%,可自由裁量费用减少了33% (P < .01).
结论:
- 专门的高容量内分泌外科医生比他们的低容量同行更具成本效益地进行甲状腺手术.
- 与高体积外科医生相关的成本节省在手术按复杂性分层时 (RVU组) 得到了放大.
- 研究结果通过展示外科医生专业化的经济优势来支持基于价值的护理模式.
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