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Paediatric day care surgery increased parental participation reduces costs

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Summary, in English

In this paper, the marginal or incremental consequences of increased parental participation in a day-care surgery unit are analysed. Information about the parental role and instruction concer treatment caused parents to assume a greater share of their child's postoperative care. This advantages for the involved participants. Children and their parents spent a shorter time at the attributable to nursing care were consequently reduced by 11%.

Publishing year

1998

Language

English

Pages

247-249

Publication/Series

European Journal of Public Health

Volume

3

Issue

8

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Topic

  • Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology

Keywords

  • day care surgery
  • cost-effectiveness
  • child
  • information
  • parental partice

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1101-1262