Surgeons are more likely to use supplies sparingly when they receive monthly reports on the costs of their operating rooms, a new study found.
The research, published in JAMA Surgery, divided surgeons at an urban academic hospital into two groups, where 63 received the monthly feedback and 186 did not between Jan. 1, 2015 and Dec. 31, 2015. The surgeons who were informed on their operating room costs reduced costs by more than 6% over the course of 2015 compared to the year before, according to the study, while those in the other group increased costs by more than 7%.
