Full-time orthopedic traumatologists enhance value and increase pelvic fracture caseloads at a rural Level I trauma center

Six years ago Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tennessee, implemented a focused program commitment process for American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma verification of a statedesignated Level I trauma center. Financial studies on the interdependent relationship between hospital-ba...

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Published in:The American surgeon 2013-05, Vol.79 (5), p.549-550
Main Authors: Testerman, George M, West, Michael R, Hensley, Sarah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Fracture Fixation - economics
Fracture Fixation - methods
Fracture Fixation - statistics & numerical data
Fractures, Bone - economics
Fractures, Bone - surgery
Hospital Costs - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals
Hospitals, Rural - manpower
Hospitals, Rural - organization & administration
Hospitals, Rural - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data
Mortality
Orthopedics - manpower
Pelvic Bones - injuries
Pelvic Bones - surgery
Program Evaluation
Referral and Consultation - statistics & numerical data
Rural Health Services - manpower
Rural Health Services - organization & administration
Rural Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Tennessee
Trauma
Trauma centers
Trauma Centers - manpower
Trauma Centers - organization & administration
Trauma Centers - statistics & numerical data
Traumatology - manpower
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Six years ago Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tennessee, implemented a focused program commitment process for American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma verification of a statedesignated Level I trauma center. Financial studies on the interdependent relationship between hospital-based orthopedic traumatologists and facility charges and revenues confirm a net revenue multiplier effect between orthopedic care and the hospital side of the ledger.2 Orthopedic trauma surgeons may therefore generate hospital revenues at a multiplier rate of seven times their own collection rates, enhanced by busy operating schedules.
ISSN:0003-1348
1555-9823
DOI:10.1177/000313481307900537