Swem T, Fazzalari R
New England Group for Deloitte & Touche, Boston, USA.
Endosc Surg Allied Technol. 1995 Apr-Jun;3(2-3):129-32.
This report represents findings concerning the economic impact of laparoscopic surgery. Specifically, the study addresses hospital costs, and not the hospital charges often given attention by studies in the literature. Hospital expenditures for the equipment and instrumentation required for laparoscopic surgery are important cost factors in laparoscopic surgery. Data for determining hospital costs was obtained from nine hospitals throughout the United States. At each hospital, a research team spent four to five days interviewing surgeons, OR staff, hospital administrators and other personnel as well as gathering data. Analysis of operating room equipment and supplies indicates that single-use laparoscopic instruments are a cost-effective alternative to reusable instruments. In addition, single-use instruments have many benefits that were not possible to quantify accurately in this study.
本报告展示了有关腹腔镜手术经济影响的研究结果。具体而言，该研究关注的是医院成本，而非文献中其他研究常关注的医院收费。腹腔镜手术所需设备和器械的医院支出是腹腔镜手术中的重要成本因素。确定医院成本的数据来自美国各地的九家医院。在每家医院，一个研究团队花了四到五天时间采访外科医生、手术室工作人员、医院管理人员和其他人员，并收集数据。对手术室设备和用品的分析表明，一次性腹腔镜器械是可重复使用器械的一种经济有效的替代方案。此外，一次性器械还有许多益处，而这些益处在本研究中无法准确量化。
