Trends in Cost and Utilization of Anesthesia Services During Gastroenterology Procedures in 2003-2009

Reflux disease and Barrett’s esophagus

“…The added average anesthesia cost per procedure was US$ 150 and more than half of these services were provided to patients not identified as high risk. As we all must focus on cost-efficient delivery of high quality gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures, Societal guidelines would be useful to determine which patients and which procedures should be prioritized for anesthesia support services [20].…”