Why the study?
Does increasing the number of postoperative visits improve patient recall of the anesthesiologist's name and satisfaction with anesthesia services in patients with a postoperative stay of at least three days?
Population
144 patients with an anticipated postoperative length of stay of at least three days
Comparison
Two or three postoperative visits by the… vs One postoperative visit by the attending…
Design
RCT, randomized
Follow-up
two days after the last postoperative visit
Authors
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No benefit from additional visits on recall or satisfaction; challenges routine multiple-visit protocols after prolonged stays.
Does increasing the number of postoperative visits improve patient recall of the anesthesiologist's name and satisfaction with anesthesia services in patients with a postoperative stay of at least three days?
Increasing the number of postoperative visits by an anesthesiologist does not improve patient name recognition or satisfaction with anesthesia services.
Zvara et al. (1996) studied this question.
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