title: [An investigation on the profits from surgery and anaesthesia in Kyushu University Hospital].
abstract: We calculated and analyzed the profits from surgery and anaesthesia for a period of one month of September 2006 in Kyushu University Hospital. It was confirmed that 27% of surgery-related profits were earned by anaesthesia. We were also able to confirm that the profits vary significantly depending on the material cost and the length of stay in the operating rooms. We believe that all the surgical workers must realize such fact and each of them is responsible to carry out the operations quickly and efficiently.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka.
authors.forename: Wakako
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hikiji
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kai
authors.forename: Kiminori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
mesh_terms: D000761:Anesthesia Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics*; D007564:Japan; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics*