Costs of disposable material in the operating room do not show high correlation with surgical time: Implications for hospital payment

Caroline Delo, Pol Leclercq, Dimitri Martins and Magali Pirson

Health Policy, 2015, vol. 119, issue 8, 1126-1132

Abstract: The objectives of this study are to analyze the variation of the surgical time and of disposable costs per surgical procedure and to analyze the association between disposable costs and the surgical time.

Keywords: Disposable material; Operating room; Surgical time; Cost analysis; Hospital funding system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.02.011

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