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Title:

Replacement of expensive, disposable instruments with old-fashioned surgical techniques for improved cost-effectiveness in laparoscopic hysterectomy.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Morrison, JE; Jacobs, VR
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: Patients demand that health care and procedures in rural areas be provided by ambulatory surgery centers close to home. However, the reimbursement rate for such procedures in ambulatory centers is extremely low, so a standard classic intrafascial supracervical hysterectomy procedure needs to be more cost effective to be performed there. Instruments and disposable devices can make up > or = 50% of hospital costs for this procedure, so any cost reduction has to focus on this aspect. MET...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
JSLS
Year:
2004
Journal volume:
8
Journal issue:
2
Pages contribution:
201-6
Language:
eng
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15119671
Print-ISSN:
1086-8089
TUM Institution:
Frauenklinik und Poliklinik
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