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The cost-efficiency of incentive spirometry after abdominal surgery.
- Source :
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The Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery [Aust N Z J Surg] 1993 May; Vol. 63 (5), pp. 356-9. - Publication Year :
- 1993
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Abstract
- This report gives the results of a cost-efficiency analysis of a prospective longitudinal study evaluating two forms of prophylaxis against postoperative pulmonary complications in 876 patients undergoing abdominal surgery. It cost $12.19 per patient for conventional chest physiotherapy, and equivalent costs accrue when incentive spirometers are recycled and used on average 2.3 times (in the Royal Perth Hospital, incentive spirometers are recycled an average of 4.7 times). Maximum cost-containment can be achieved by carefully selecting patients for physical chest care and then instigating a programme of perioperative chest care utilizing recycled incentive spirometers. This approach does not compromise the clinical benefits of prophylactic chest care and allows physiotherapy resources to be directed toward patients with established pulmonary problems.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Humans
Patient Compliance
Physical Therapy Modalities economics
Postoperative Complications economics
Pulmonary Atelectasis economics
Pulmonary Atelectasis therapy
Self Administration
Spirometry methods
Abdomen surgery
Costs and Cost Analysis
Postoperative Complications therapy
Spirometry economics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0004-8682
- Volume :
- 63
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8481135
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1993.tb00402.x