Empowering Surgeons to Help Increase Value in Health Care

Surgery accounts for approximately 29% of health care expenditures in the United States, and the largest contributors to surgical expenditure are operating room and length-of-stay costs. The choices a surgeon makes in the operating room —approach, selection of equipment and instruments—can double or triple the cost of a procedure. Outside of the operating room, location factors, such as where a procedure is performed, drive more than one-third of the variation in surgical costs.
Source: JAMA Surgery - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research