Ambulatory Orthopaedic Surgery Patient Education and Cost of Care



: Heikkinen K, Salantera S, Suomi R, Lindblom A, Leino-Kilpi H

Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

: 2011

: Orthopaedic Nursing

: ORTHOPAEDIC NURSING

: ORTHOP NURS

: 1

: 30

: 1

: 20

: 28

: 9

: 0744-6020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/NOR.0b013e318205747f


FINDINGS: Pre-, intra-, and postoperative costs did not differ between the groups. However, Internet-based education was more time-consuming for the patient and face-to-face education was more time-consuming for the nurse. There were no differences between the groups in patients' use of consultations of healthcare professionals. Nurses' consultations were few and did not differ between the groups. The small number of patients' and nurses' consultations indicates that patients in both education methods had enough knowledge to deal with the surgery.



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