title: Audit of an oesophageal unit.
abstract: We report an audit of 786 oesophageal procedures, including 53 oesophagectomies, performed during 1990 in a specialist oesophageal unit. Apart from assessing morbidity and mortality, audit allows a review of cost efficiency and justification for certain practices with regard to patient management. The data reported here may provide a framework against which individual surgeons may assess their own results and compare costs of procedures with a similar outcome.
authors: Trinity College, Department of Surgery, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors: A D
authors: AD
authors: Hill
authors: T N
authors: TN
authors: Walsh
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Moraes
authors: T P
authors: TP
authors: Hennessy
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000191:economics; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008485:Medical Audit