student in the Program in Liberal Medical Education, Brown University, Providence, RI.
Professor of Ophthalmology and Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
R I Med J (2013). 2022 Mar 1;105(2):43-45.
To describe the characteristics of United States (US) academic hospitals that predict transparency of cash and commercial payer-negotiated prices for cataract surgery (CS) and laser posterior capsulotomy (LPC).
A systematic review of websites for hospitals affiliated with ophthalmology residency programs was conducted to determine price transparency. Hospital characteristics were extracted from the American Hospital Association Annual Survey and Turquoise Health. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, χ2 tests, and logistic regression analyses were used to compare hospitals based on price transparency for CS and LPC.
There were no differences in price transparency for CS and LPC based on net income, urban-rural classification, region, hospital beds, or surgical operations. Having more full-time personnel was associated with cash price transparency. No differences were identified between hospitals based on payer-negotiated price transparency.
Academic hospitals for ophthalmology with more full-time personnel had greater cash price transparency for CS and LPC. However, price transparency did not vary for other characteristics.
描述美国（美国）学术医院的特点，这些特点可以预测白内障手术（CS）和激光后囊切开术（LPC）的现金和商业支付方谈判价格的透明度。
对隶属于眼科住院医师培训计划的医院网站进行了系统的回顾，以确定价格的透明度。从美国医院协会年度调查和绿松石健康公司中提取了医院特征。基于 CS 和 LPC 的价格透明度，使用描述性统计、t 检验、χ2 检验和逻辑回归分析对医院进行了比较。
根据净收入、城乡分类、地区、病床和手术数量，CS 和 LPC 的价格透明度没有差异。拥有更多全职员工与现金价格透明度相关。根据支付方谈判价格的透明度，医院之间没有差异。
拥有更多全职员工的眼科学术医院在 CS 和 LPC 的现金价格透明度方面更高。然而，其他特征的价格透明度没有差异。
