Direct cost of connecting, maintaining and disconnecting patient-controlled analgesia pump

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Áquila Lopes Gouvêa¹  Antônio Fernandes Costa Lima¹ 

关键词: Nursing;    Pain management;    Analgesia;    patient-controlled;    Hospital costs;    Cost control;    Enfermería;    Manejo del dolor;    Analgesia controlada por el paciente;    Costos de hospital;    Control de costos;    Enfermagem;    Manejo da dor;    Analgesia controlada pelo paciente;    Custos hospitalares;    Controle de Custos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0080-623420140000100013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Quantitative research that aimed to identify the mean total cost (MTC) of connecting, maintaining and disconnecting patient-controlled analgesia pump (PCA) in the management of pain. The non-probabilistic sample corresponded to the observation of 81 procedures in 17 units of the Central Institute of the Clinics Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo. We calculated the MTC multiplying by the time spent by nurses at a unit cost of direct labor, adding the cost of materials and medications/solutions. The MTC of connecting was R$ 107.91; maintenance R$ 110.55 and disconnecting R$ 4.94. The results found will subsidize discussions about the need to transfer money from the Unified Health System to hospitals units that perform this technique of analgesic therapy and it will contribute to the cost management aimed at making efficient and effective decision-making in the allocation of available resources.

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