Dominican Republic Mission Cost Analysis

A Material Cost-Minimization Analysis for Hernia Repairs and Minor Procedures During a Surgical Mission in the Dominican Republic

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01872364

Enrollment

110

Registered

2013-06-07

Start date

2013-05-31

Completion date

2013-10-31

Last updated

2013-12-17

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Conditions

Hernia, Hydrocele

Keywords

Hernia repair, Hydrocelectomy, Global Health, Global Disease Burden, Surgical Mission, Dominican Republic, Cost-minimization, Procedural cost, Material cost, Item utilization, Excision of benign cutaneous mass, Minor procedure

Brief summary

Expenditures on material supplies and medications constitute the greatest per capita costs for surgical missions. We hypothesized that supply acquisition at nonprofit organization cost would lead to significant cost-savings compared to supply acquisition at US academic institution costs from the provider perspective for hernia repairs and minor procedures during a surgical mission in the Dominican Republic.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients presenting to the Institute of Latin American Concern Center for surgical procedure, previously screened by local healthcare workers. * Require hernia surgery, hydrocelectomy, excision of benign cutaneous mass.

Exclusion criteria

* Did not require hernia surgery, hydrocelectomy, excision of benign cutaneous mass.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Expenditure on material supplies and medications	within 2 weeks	Using quick response (QR) codes for accurate consumption accounting, non-profit and US academic institution unit costs are associated with each item in an electronic inventory system. Medication doses are recorded and QR codes for consumed items are scanned into a record for each sampled procedure.

Countries

United States

Outcome results