Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8619884 | Journal of Clinical Anesthesia | 2018 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Most (â¥Â 50%) annual growth in surgery, both based on the number of total inpatient and outpatient surgical cases, and on the total outpatient RVU's, was attributable to surgeons who performed 2 or fewer cases per week at each hospital statewide during the preceding year. Therefore, the strategic priority should be to assure that the many low-caseload surgeons have access to convenient OR time (e.g., by allocating sufficient OR time, and assigning surgeon blocks, in a mathematically sound, evidence-based way). Although reducing turnover times and anesthesia-controlled times to promote growth will be beneficial for a few surgeons, the effect on total caseload will be small.
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Authors
Franklin MD, PhD, Craig MMR, Richard H. MD,