Abstract
Because cost containment is an important issue in health care today, a retrospective analysis of expense versus body surface area (BSA) burn was done in 270 pediatric cases to develop a prediction of future costs. When the resultant predictor was applied to a subsequent 167 patients based on BSA burn, projected costs and number of operative, procedures came, within 7% of actual costs. The study offers a reliable means of using retrospective cost data for projecting future costs for a patient population and shows that operating room (OR) supply costs per procedure are not a constant, but increase in a logarithmic relationship to BSA burn. Thus, OR costs cannot he quantitated solely on a per procedure basis rather, the level of BSA burn severity is an integral part of individual operative procedure, costs.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 444-446 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| State | Published - 1985 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Clinical Psychology
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
- Emergency Medicine
- Rehabilitation
- Surgery
- Nursing(all)
- Health Professions(all)
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Innovations in burn care : Prediction of operating room costs. / McMillan, S. S.; Parker, C. J.; Winkler, J. B.; Hilton, J. G.; Herndon, David.
In: Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation, Vol. 6, No. 5, 1985, p. 444-446.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - McMillan, S. S.
AU - Parker, C. J.
AU - Winkler, J. B.
AU - Hilton, J. G.
AU - Herndon, David
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - Because cost containment is an important issue in health care today, a retrospective analysis of expense versus body surface area (BSA) burn was done in 270 pediatric cases to develop a prediction of future costs. When the resultant predictor was applied to a subsequent 167 patients based on BSA burn, projected costs and number of operative, procedures came, within 7% of actual costs. The study offers a reliable means of using retrospective cost data for projecting future costs for a patient population and shows that operating room (OR) supply costs per procedure are not a constant, but increase in a logarithmic relationship to BSA burn. Thus, OR costs cannot he quantitated solely on a per procedure basis rather, the level of BSA burn severity is an integral part of individual operative procedure, costs.
AB - Because cost containment is an important issue in health care today, a retrospective analysis of expense versus body surface area (BSA) burn was done in 270 pediatric cases to develop a prediction of future costs. When the resultant predictor was applied to a subsequent 167 patients based on BSA burn, projected costs and number of operative, procedures came, within 7% of actual costs. The study offers a reliable means of using retrospective cost data for projecting future costs for a patient population and shows that operating room (OR) supply costs per procedure are not a constant, but increase in a logarithmic relationship to BSA burn. Thus, OR costs cannot he quantitated solely on a per procedure basis rather, the level of BSA burn severity is an integral part of individual operative procedure, costs.
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