Surgeon Awareness of the Relative Costs of Common Surgical Instruments

Beiqun Zhao; Christopher P Childers; Ron D Hays; Susan L Ettner; Rodrigo F Alban; Melinda Maggard-Gibbons; Bryan M Clary

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1746

Surgeon Awareness of the Relative Costs of Common Surgical Instruments

JAMA Surg. 2019 Sep 1;154(9):877-878. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1746.

Authors

Beiqun Zhao¹, Christopher P Childers², Ron D Hays³, Susan L Ettner³, Rodrigo F Alban⁴, Melinda Maggard-Gibbons², Bryan M Clary¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
² Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
³ Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

Abstract

This study surveys surgeons’ cost knowledge and ability to distinguish subtle price variations between surgical tools with similar functions or indications.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Awareness*
California
Cost-Benefit Analysis*
Humans
Operating Rooms / economics
Physician's Role
Surgeons*
Surgical Instruments / economics*
Surgical Instruments / statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires

Grants and funding

T15 LM011271/LM/NLM NIH HHS/United States