Dominican Republic Mission Cost Analysis

Washington University School of Medicine110 enrolled

Overview

Expenditures on material supplies and medications constitute the greatest per capita costs for surgical missions. We hypothesized that supply acquisition at nonprofit organization cost would lead to significant cost-savings compared to supply acquisition at US academic institution costs from the provider perspective for hernia repairs and minor procedures during a surgical mission in the Dominican Republic.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

110

Conditions

Hernia Hydrocele

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients presenting to the Institute of Latin American Concern Center for surgical procedure, previously screened by local healthcare workers. * Require hernia surgery, hydrocelectomy, excision of benign cutaneous mass. Exclusion Criteria: * Did not require hernia surgery, hydrocelectomy, excision of benign cutaneous mass.

Locations (1)

Washington University in St Louis

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Expenditure on material supplies and medications

Using quick response (QR) codes for accurate consumption accounting, non-profit and US academic institution unit costs are associated with each item in an electronic inventory system. Medication doses are recorded and QR codes for consumed items are scanned into a record for each sampled procedure.

Time frame: within 2 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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