Why the study?
Does a telephone preoperative assessment service improve theatre utilisation and reduce hospital visits in elective day case surgery patients?
Population
Elective day case surgery patients
Design
Other
Authors
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May support telephone preoperative assessment in day-case surgery; leaves open efficacy in larger randomized trials.
Does a telephone preoperative assessment service improve theatre utilisation and reduce hospital visits in elective day case surgery patients?
A telephone preoperative assessment service for elective day case surgery can improve theatre utilisation and reduce patient hospital visits.
Marie Digner (2007) studied this question.
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