Overall Cost Comparison of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures With Endoscopist- or Anesthesia-Supported Sedation by Activity-Based Costing Techniques

Gastrointestinal procedures with anesthesia-administered sedation are not as costly when all factors are considered. Using novel approaches to cost measurement, such as the TDABC, allows a total cost measurement approach across an episode of care that existing cost measurements in health care are incapable of.