Major Disasters Tax Surgical Staff But May Reduce Costs For Routine Operations
Monday, September 28, 2009 - 00:21
in Health & Medicine
New research offers important insights into the long-term impact of a major disaster on routine surgical services in a hospital. In the study, researchers showed that although Hurricane Katrina resulted in a significant loss of surgical staff and an increase in the number of uninsured patients undergoing operations, greater cost efficiencies were achieved.