The introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Canada and Australia

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Release Date: 01 May 1994

Topic: Hospitals

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (1994) The introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Canada and Australia, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 10 June 2023.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (1994). The introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Canada and Australia. Canberra: AIHW.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Canada and Australia. AIHW, 1994.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Canada and Australia. Canberra: AIHW; 1994.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 1994, The introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Canada and Australia, AIHW, Canberra.

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Summarises and compares data from Canada and Australia on the use and cost implications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Summary
Introduction
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Outline of the study
Canadian data on cholecystectomies
- Sources of data
- Diffusion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy adoption in Canadian hospitals
- Numbers of cholecystectomies performed across Canada, 1987-88 to 1991-92
- Proportion of cholecystectomies performed by laparoscopy and comparative costs
- Credentialing considerations
Australian data on cholecystectomies
- Methods used
- Numbers and costs of procedures
- Comparison of trends in each country
- Trends in surgery rates
- Impact on costs of health programs
- Impact on costs to patients
- Estimates of proportions of potential savings achieved
Discussion
Appendices
- Derivation of estimates for numbers and costs of cholecystectomies undertaken in Canada
- Derivation of estimates of numbers and costs of cholecystectomies in Australia
- Estimates of costs to patients and proportions of potential savings achieved
- Values for costs of laparoscopic cholecystectomies cited in the literature
References
Acknowledgments

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