[Reductions in anesthesia direct costs is not the right way for racionalization of anesthesia costs].

Introduction: Anesthesia management is characterized by salary limiting and pressure for decreasing anesthetics and other drug budget. The aim of this paper is to determine the possibility of reducing the direct costs in anesthesia.

Materials And Methods: This paper is a part ofa five-year (2005-2009), academic, pharmaco-economic retrospective- prospective study (phase IV).

[Awareness detection in anaesthesia during otorhino-maxillofacial surgery using bispectral index-monitoring technology].

Introduction: Awareness is characterized by intraoperative presence of consciousness and recollecting of the events occurring during general anaesthesia. The study was aimed at detecting awareness during general anaesthesia in otorhino-maxillofacial procedure.

Methods: The study is a part of a prospective, phase IV academic study carried out at the Department for Otorhinolaringology, Clinical Centre of Serbia, and Maxillofacial Surgery.

[Anesthetic dose correction in hospital pharmacology using bispectral index monitoring technology].

Introduction: Modern hospital pharmacology insists on assessing each patient's individual characteristics because of their influence on drug pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic effect. The study was aimed at evaluating anesthetic doses in patients with benign larynx tumors treated by general endotracheal anesthesia during endoscopic surgery procedures.

Material And Methods: The study is a part of a prospective, phase IV, academic study carried out at the Clinical Center of Serbia.

[Costs of anesthetics and other drugs in anesthesia].

Introduction: Drugs are real and transparent costs of treatment, which are subject to constant monitoring and changes. The study was aimed at measuring and analyzing consumption of anesthetics and other drugs in anesthesia in the Clinical Centre of Serbia.

Material And Methods: This paper is part of a five-year (2005-2009), academic, pharmacoeconomic retrospective-prospective study (the 4th phase).

[Operating cost analysis of anaesthesia: activity based costing (ABC analysis)].

Introduction: Cost of anaesthesiology represent defined measures to determine a precise profile of expenditure estimation of surgical treatment, which is important regarding planning of healthcare activities, prices and budget.

Objective: In order to determine the actual value of anaestesiological services, we started with the analysis of activity based costing (ABC) analysis.

Methods: Retrospectively, in 2005 and 2006, we estimated the direct costs of anestesiological services (salaries, drugs, supplying materials and other: analyses and equipment.

[Descriptive analysis of work and trends in anaesthesiology from 2005 to 2006: quantitative and qualitative aspects of effects and evaluation of anaesthesia].

Introduction: In anaesthesiology, economic aspects have been insufficiently studied.

Objective: The aim of this paper was the assessment of rational choice of the anaesthesiological services based on the analysis of the scope, distribution, trend and cost.

Methods: The costs of anaesthesiological services were counted based on "unit" prices from the Republic Health Insurance Fund.