Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft
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Strabismus surgery is frequently carried out in university centers. The aim of this work was to calculate the costs of strabismus surgery at a university hospital and to assess the remuneration of costs for outpatient procedures. ⋯ It could be shown that the purely economically calculated costs for strabismus surgery at a university clinic are significantly higher than the revenues achieved in the outpatient sector according to paragraph 115b, section 1, of the Social Security Act V (SGB V). Under these circumstances, such operations cannot be performed in a cost-effective manner.