Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy
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Healthcare costs are rising in all areas of medicine, especially in high technology specialities such as anaesthesia. Therefore, cost containment and reduction have become major goals in many hospitals and anaesthesia departments. ⋯ However, the results are not conclusive and anaesthesia departments continue to seek ways to reduce costs. In this review, we intend to discuss cost terminology, common areas of cost containment in anaesthesia and the relationship of anaesthesia care costs to total perioperative costs.