Costs and Its Determinants in Pituitary Tumour Surgery

Dekkers, Alies J.; Vries, Friso de; Najafabadi, Amir H Zamanipoor; Hoeven, Emmy M. van der; Verstegen, Marco J. T.; Pereira, Alberto M; Furth, Wouter R. van; Biermasz, Nienke R.

doi:10.3389/fendo.2022.905019

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“…Reduction in LOS was likely the key factor in decreasing healthcare costs. 46,47 More specifically, a reduction in LOS has been noted to provide a subsequent decrease in both fixed and variable costs associated with hospitalization, with a reduction in direct fixed costs accounting for the largest fraction of the cost savings. 48…”

Section: Decrease In Healthcare Costsmentioning

confidence: 99%

An institutional experience in applying quality improvement measures to pituitary surgery: clinical and resource implications

Pelargos,

Hasanjee,

Lee

et al. 2023

Neurosurgical Focus

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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to report the authors’ experience developing a Lean Six Sigma clinical care pathway (CCP) for endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal operations. METHODS Using Lean Six Sigma quality improvement principles—including the define, measure, analyze, improve, and control framework—the authors developed a CCP for endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal operations, incorporating preoperative, intraoperative, and inpatient and outpatient postoperative phases of care. Efficacy and quality metrics were defined as postoperative length of stay (LOS), presentation to the emergency department (ED) or readmission within 30 days of discharge, and hospital charges. The study included all adult patients who underwent elective endoscopic endonasal resection for pituitary adenoma, Rathke’s cleft cyst, craniopharyngioma, pituicytoma, or arachnoid cyst during the sampling period (April 1, 2018, to December 31, 2022). RESULTS Two hundred twenty-eight patients met criteria and were included; 94 were treated before and 134 were treated after implementation of the CCP. Differences between groups in age, gender, race, BMI, American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, geographic distribution, preoperative serum sodium, tumor size, adenoma functional status, and prior surgery were not significant. The mean postoperative LOS significantly decreased from 4.5 to 1.7 days following CCP implementation (p < 0.0001); LOS variability also decreased, with the standard deviation declining from 3.1 to 1.5 days. The proportion of patients discharged on postoperative day (POD) 1 significantly increased from 0% to 61.9% (p < 0.0001). Fewer than one-quarter of the patients (23.4%) were discharged by POD 2 prior to the CCP, while 88.8% of were discharged by POD 2 after CCP implementation (p < 0.0001). Rates of 30-day ED presentations or readmissions were not significantly different (2.1% vs 6.0%, p = 0.20, and 7.5% vs 6.7%, p > 0.99, respectively). Mean per-patient hospital costs declined from $38,326 to $26,289 (p < 0.0001), with an associated change in cost variability from a standard deviation of $16,716 to $12,498. CONCLUSIONS CCP implementation significantly improved LOS and costs of endoscopic endonasal resection, without adversely impacting postoperative ED presentations or readmissions.

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Section: Decrease In Healthcare Costsmentioning

confidence: 99%