Surgical productivity recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
IntroductionPrevious studies demonstrated that the surgical productivity regressed in 2020. This study therefore explored whether the COVID-19 pandemic had any significant lasting effect of reducing the surgical productivity in Japan. This is a retrospective observational study which is an extension...
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| description | IntroductionPrevious studies demonstrated that the surgical productivity regressed in 2020. This study therefore explored whether the COVID-19 pandemic had any significant lasting effect of reducing the surgical productivity in Japan. This is a retrospective observational study which is an extension of the previous ones.MethodsThe authors analyzed 18,805 surgical procedures performed during the study period from April 1 through September 30 in 2016–22. A non-radial and non-oriented Malmquist model under the variable returns-to-scale assumptions was employed. The decision-making unit (DMU) was defined as a surgical specialty department. Inputs were defined as (1) the number of assistants, and (2) the surgical duration. The output was defined as the surgical fee. The study period was divided into 42 one-month periods. The authors added all the inputs and outputs for each DMU during these study periods, and computed its Malmquist index, efficiency change and technical change. The outcome measures were its annual productivity, efficiency, and technical changes between the same months in each year.ResultsThere was no statistically significant difference in annual productivity, efficiency, and technical changes between pre-pandemic and post-pandemic periods.DiscussionNo evidence was found to suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has any significant lasting effect of reducing the surgical productivity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2caa515c21184ed08126ee2c6d12921b2024-02-13T04:35:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652024-02-011210.3389/fpubh.2024.13027321302732Surgical productivity recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic in JapanYoshinori Nakata0Yoshinori Nakata1Yuichi Watanabe2Akihiko Ozaki3Teikyo University Medical Information and System Research Center, Tokyo, JapanTeikyo University Graduate School of Public Health, Tokyo, JapanWaseda University Graduate School of Economics, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Jyoban Hospital, Fukushima, JapanIntroductionPrevious studies demonstrated that the surgical productivity regressed in 2020. This study therefore explored whether the COVID-19 pandemic had any significant lasting effect of reducing the surgical productivity in Japan. This is a retrospective observational study which is an extension of the previous ones.MethodsThe authors analyzed 18,805 surgical procedures performed during the study period from April 1 through September 30 in 2016–22. A non-radial and non-oriented Malmquist model under the variable returns-to-scale assumptions was employed. The decision-making unit (DMU) was defined as a surgical specialty department. Inputs were defined as (1) the number of assistants, and (2) the surgical duration. The output was defined as the surgical fee. The study period was divided into 42 one-month periods. The authors added all the inputs and outputs for each DMU during these study periods, and computed its Malmquist index, efficiency change and technical change. The outcome measures were its annual productivity, efficiency, and technical changes between the same months in each year.ResultsThere was no statistically significant difference in annual productivity, efficiency, and technical changes between pre-pandemic and post-pandemic periods.DiscussionNo evidence was found to suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has any significant lasting effect of reducing the surgical productivity.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1302732/fullCOVID-19productivity changeMalmquist indexsurgeryefficiency changetechnical change |
| spellingShingle | Yoshinori Nakata Yoshinori Nakata Yuichi Watanabe Akihiko Ozaki Surgical productivity recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan Frontiers in Public Health COVID-19 productivity change Malmquist index surgery efficiency change technical change |
| title | Surgical productivity recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan |
| title_full | Surgical productivity recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan |
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| title_short | Surgical productivity recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan |
| title_sort | surgical productivity recovery after the covid 19 pandemic in japan |
| topic | COVID-19 productivity change Malmquist index surgery efficiency change technical change |
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