Randomized Clinical Trial of One-day Surgery

Patient Satisfaction, Clinical Outcomes, and Costs

Bibliographic Data

ID9101253
AuthorsRaynald Pineault (0000-0003-0115-7993, Université de Montréal, corresponding author), A P Contandriopoulos (Université de Montréal), Andr??-Pierre Contandriopoulos, Marie Valois (Université de Montréal), M Bastian (0000-0002-0043-7582, Université de Montréal), Marie-Lynn Bastian, Jean-Marie Lance (Ministère du travail, de l'emploi et de l'insertion)
Year1985
Volume23
Issue2
Pages171-182
Publication date1985-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-198502000-00008
PMID3883066
OpenAlexW2093582551
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited2

One hundred and eighty-two patients undergoing tubal ligation, hernia repair, or meniscectomy were randomly assigned to either one-day or inpatient surgery. The study's objective is to compare these two modes of care with regard to patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes, and costs of the episode of care. A significantly higher proportion of one-day patients than their hospitalized counterparts found their stay to be too short and would prefer hospitalization as an alternative. Clinical outcomes were comparable in both groups. One-day tubal ligation and hernia repair were found to be cost-efficient and averaged hospital savings of $86.00 and $115.00 more than inpatient care. Meniscectomy deviated from this trend in that treatment costs were significantly higher for one-day surgery patients. Analysis of personal and physician costs did not show any significant difference between the two modes of care

Clinical trial · Family planning · General surgery · Hernia · Hernia repair · Patient satisfaction · Population · Randomized controlled trial · Research methodology · Tubal ligation · Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Nursing Roles and Practices · Surgery