Dollars and Sense: The Business of Pediatric Surgery.
J Surg Res
; 285: 220-228, 2023 05.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
This study evaluated North American pediatric surgeons' opinions and knowledge of business and economics in medicine and their perceptions of trends in their healthcare delivery environment.METHODS:
We conducted an elective online survey of 1119 American Pediatric Surgical Association members. Over 8 mo, we iteratively developed the survey focused on four areas opinion, knowledge, current practice environment, and trends in practice environment over the past 5 y.RESULTS:
We received 227 (20.3%) complete surveys from pediatric surgeons. One hundred ninety four (85.5%) perceive healthcare as a business and most (85.9%) believe healthcare decisions may affect patients' out-of-pocket expenses. More than half (51.1%) of surgeons believe it has become more challenging to perform emergent cases and most believe staff quality has decreased for elective (56.4%) and emergent (63.0%) cases over the past 5 y.CONCLUSIONS:
Pediatric surgeons recognize that medicine is a business and have concerns regarding the decreasing quality of operating room staff and the increasing difficulty providing surgical care over the last 5 y.Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Especialidades Quirúrgicas
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Cirujanos
Límite:
Child
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Surg Res
Año:
2023
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Article