2009 Volume 68 Issue 3 Pages 181-186
Purpose: We investigated whether reorganization in the department of surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine was effective from the perspective of the division of breast and endocrine surgery. Material and methods: We compared the average number of operative cases, the average breast conservation rate, the average number of operative cases, the average number of breast conserving rate, the average number of out patients, the average number of first examination patients, the annual average introduction rate, the average number of inpatients, the average total number of out patients, the average total number of inpatients, the average income per patient in the outpatient department, the average income per patient in the inpatient department, and the total amount of medical care emergence for only breast and endocrine diseases between the period four years before reorganization and four years after reorganization. Results: The postreorganization group increased significantly compared with the pre-reorganization group regarding the average number of operative cases, the average rate of breast conservation the average number of out patients, the average number of first examinations, the average total number of out patients per year, the average income per patient in the outpatient department, and the total amount of medical care emergence. Conclusion: These results suggested that reorganization of the department of surgery was effective to obtain new patients with breast and endocrine diseases.
