Dominican Republic Mission Cost Analysis

Completed

• Conditions: Hydrocele; Hernia

• Registration Number: NCT01872364
• Lead Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-05
• Study First Submitted: 2013-05-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-06-06
• Study First Posted: 2013-06-07
• Primary Completion: 2013-10
• Study Completion: 2013-10
• Status Verified: 2013-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-12-16
• Last Update Posted: 2013-12-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 110

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.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Did not require hernia surgery, hydrocelectomy, excision of benign cutaneous mass.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Expenditure on material supplies and medications	within 2 weeks	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Washington University in St Louis; 🇺🇸 St Louis, Missouri, United States