Journal article
Mean operating room times differ by 50% among hospitals in different countries for laparoscopic cholecystectomy and lung lobectomy
Journal of anesthesia, Vol.20(4), pp.319-322
2006
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-006-0419-4
PMID: 17072700
Abstract
We explored whether there were large differences in operating room (OR) times for two common procedures performed by multiple surgeons at each of several hospitals thousands of miles apart. Mean OR time, "wheels in" to "wheels out," for ten consecutive cases of each of laparoscopic cholecystectomy and lung lobectomy were obtained for each of ten hospitals in eight countries from their OR logs. After log transformation, the OR times were analyzed by analysis of variance. Mean OR times differed significantly among hospitals (P = 0.006, laparoscopic cholecystectomy; P < 0.001, lung lobectomy). The second longest average OR time was 50% longer than the second shortest average OR time for both laparoscopic cholecystectomy and lung lobectomy. Differences in OR times among the hospitals we studied were large enough to affect the productivity of OR nurses and anesthesia providers. Thus, international benchmarking studies to understand differences in OR times worldwide may be beneficial.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Mean operating room times differ by 50% among hospitals in different countries for laparoscopic cholecystectomy and lung lobectomy
- Creators
- Franklin DexterMelinda DavisChristoph B Egger HalbeisChristoph E HalbeisRiita MarjamaaJean MartyCatherine McIntoshYoshinori NakataKokila N ThenuwaraTomohiro SawaMichael Vigoda
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of anesthesia, Vol.20(4), pp.319-322
- Publisher
- Japan
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00540-006-0419-4
- PMID
- 17072700
- ISSN
- 0913-8668
- eISSN
- 1438-8359
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2006
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9983806272202771
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