Dominican Republic Mission Cost Analysis

The Washington University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hydrocele; Hernia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01872364

2013-05123

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 110 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

110 participants in 1 patient group

Dominican Republic patients at NPO Outpatient Surgery Center