Former Nonresident Scholar
Offodile, Anaeze C., Aditi P. Sen, Shelby Holtsmith, Jon Escalante, Anne Park, John Terrell, Roland Bassett, and Nancy D. Perrier. “Harnessing Behavioral Economics Principles to Promote Better Surgeon Accountability for Operating Room Cost: A Prospective Study.” Journal of the American College of Surgeons 230, no. 4 (2020): 585-93. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.12.013).
By Anaeze C. Offodile, Aditi P. Sen, Shelby Holtsmith, et al.
Operating room (OR) cost accounts for a significant portion of inpatient spending, but most surgeons are unaware of the costs of OR implants and supplies. We leveraged behavioral economics principles and a cost transparency tool to have an impact on discretionary OR spending (disposable supplies).
Read the full article in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
