TITLE:
The Effect of Consultations on the Cost of Pre-Anesthetic Assessment
AUTHORS:
Omer L. Erhan, Azize Bestas, Sait F. Oner, Turkay Yucel, Sibel Ozcan, Hasan Arık
KEYWORDS:
Pre-Anaesthetic Asessment; Consultations; Costs
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Clinical Medicine,
Vol.4 No.11,
November
15,
2013
ABSTRACT: Background: In our study, researching the distribution of the
consultations other than anaesthesia in compliance with the disciplines and
ages of the patients and its effect on the assessment cost has been aimed. Methods: Our study has been conducted
during 8 months by the retrospective assessment of the records of 3844 cases on
which an elective surgical
procedure was planned in the anesthesiology polyclinic of Firat University Hospital. The records
of patients have been obtained through examining their files from the hospital
record system. Results: The total
number of patients whose consultations have been demanded was 367 (9.5%) and the number of
male/female was 192/175. The number of cases about which more than one
consultation has been demanded was determined as 87 (2.2%). The number of cases
on which a method change for the anaesthesia was applied was 21 (5.7%), and the number of cases whose surgery was
cancelled was 3 (0.81%). Requested consultation for each patient, the
consultations of cardiology, chest diseases and internal medicine bring an
additional cost on the total sum respectively as 37.2 TL (28.61 $), 29.8 TL
(22.92 $) and 19.9 TL (15.30 $). Conclusions: We suggest that the cost analysis should be absolutely taken into
consideration during the pre-anaesthetic assessment for the requirement of
routine examinations.