Langenbecks Archiv für Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie. Kongress
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Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd · Jan 1997
[Wound infections after heart surgery interventions--a cost analysis].
Decreasing financial resources in the health care system require effective cost management. For this reason and due to special modalities of reimbursement regulations for open heart procedures, we analyzed the extent of additional costs caused by subsequent deep wound infections requiring surgical revision. The real costs of 12 consecutive cases of sternal infections out of a total of 1,124 open heart procedures in 1996 were assessed and differentiated.
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Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd · Jan 1997
[Education, postgraduate and continuing education in surgery--data for quality control].
Despite intensive educational training during medical school, there is hardly any occupational group like physicians that tries to keep further education on a very high level. However, under the aspect of quality control, there is a need for different certificates. ⋯ The analysis of the committee of education of the Ruhr University Bochum must be considered as ideal; the results have to be transferred. Objective medical care results and patient satisfaction are influenced by many factors.