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In times of crisis like these, a cost-effectiveness analysis database for surgical procedures is the best tool to have. A number of clinical variables were defined to complement the cost-effectiveness analysis with one of first operation room expenditure’s database implemented in a public hospital. This study is based on the same cornerstone of the ACS-NSQIP program. Some variables were collected automatically from the information systems available in the hospital, and the remaining are entered in a custom developed application be the surgeons. The indicators to provide are being defined with the surgeons and implemented in the form of dashboards. The result of this project will provide a tool for the hospital surgeons, manager and administrators to make better decisions.
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Santos, J., Vardasca, T., Leishenring, C., Martins, H.M.G. (2011). Projecto C: Surgical Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Database. In: Cruz-Cunha, M.M., Varajão, J., Powell, P., Martinho, R. (eds) ENTERprise Information Systems. CENTERIS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 221. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24352-3_22
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