title: Cost analysis for procedure comparisons.
abstract: Using the methodology of activity-based costing as a conceptual framework, the authors present the potential cost reduction of a new office routine and a medical procedure. The costs of a new instrument for colorectal cancer screening and a new surveying and follow-up of at-risk patients show that time and relevant costs in the G.I Clinic and G.I Endoscopy Lab were significantly reduced.
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Lubbock 79430, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Trowers
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Batra
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buessler
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003361:Cost Allocation / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics*; D020694:Sigmoidoscopes; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy / Q000191:economics*; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States