title: One center's experience with lowering medical supply costs in the operating room.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the possibility of lowering costs to organ procurement organizations by purchasing a custom medical supply pack for use in the operating room. Six hospitals in the organ procurement organization's service area were selected for a cost comparison report on selected medical supply items; 37 items were selected for review. A retrospective review of the itemized hospital bills from recent organ recovery cases at each hospital was completed. A medical supply company was contacted for price quotes on selected items for the supply pack. The price quote from the medical supply company totaled $220.30. The average cost of the items selected from the six hospitals was $822.65. The average cost savings per organ recovery case was calculated at $602.35. Based on an estimated 80 organ donors per year, organ procurement organizations could save as much as $48,188 annually.
authors.affiliation: Colorado Organ Recovery Systems, Denver, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koltko
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D017046:Cost Savings; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods*