Key result
Academic medical centers and children's hospitals had similar median productivity (12,592 and 12,364 ASA units per site), while ambulatory surgical centers had the lowest (8,911 ASA units per site).
Why the study?
Benchmarking group surgical anesthesia productivity is essential for evaluating staffing needs, costs, and efficiency, but meaningful benchmarking data are not readily available.
Population
140 facilities from 63 SAAAPM members
Comparison
Productivity across facility types: AMC, Community, Children, and ASC
Design
Survey study
Follow-up
12 months
Authors
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Provides facility-specific productivity benchmarks; leaves open whether differences reflect efficiency or case complexity.
Cross-Sectional (n=140)
Yes
This survey provides up-to-date benchmarking data on surgical anesthesia productivity across different facility types for academic anesthesiology departments.
Abouleish et al. (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Surgical anesthesia productivity (n=140). Facility type (AMC, Community, Children, ASC) was evaluated on Total ASA units per anesthetizing site. Academic medical centers and children's hospitals had similar median productivity (12,592 and 12,364 ASA units per site), while ambulatory surgical centers had the lowest (8,911 ASA units per site).
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