title: Cutting the cost of cataract surgery--a financial audit.
abstract: We have analysed the cost of disposable equipment used during cataract surgery by eight different surgeons over a six-month period in the same hospital. By comparing the costs of single-use items used by each surgeon we highlight how significant savings can be made by change of technique (without an adverse effect on surgical outcome).
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Free Hospital, London.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Filer
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Roberts-Harry
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Jagger
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation; D003363:Cost Control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004209:Disposable Equipment / Q000191:economics*; D005375:Financial Audit; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics*