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Cost Analysis of Post Operative Pain Management for Surgical Patients using PCA.
- Source :
- Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing; May2013, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p137-146, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Purpose: The purposes of this study were to identify and compare various types of post operative pain management and the costs for pain management following 4 different types of surgery. Methods: Data were collected from 325 medical charts which were extracted from the billing databases of a tertiary hospital and analyzed using numbers, percentages, one way ANOVA, and Scheffé test. Results: For pain management, 10.5% of patients used PCA only, but the other patients combined other methods with PCA. The average length of PCA use was significantly different by operation. Almost one third (32.9%) of patients experienced at least one of side effects due to analgesics used for pain management, with highest incidence being for nausea and vomiting. For patients who underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy, 34.7% used PCA less than 2 days due to side effects of the analgesics and the ratio of analgesia cost to total hospital cost and total pharmacy cost were highest compared to other operations. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate a need to develop new strategies to more effectively manage postoperative pain to decrease incidences of side effects without increasing medical costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- Korean
- ISSN :
- 12259012
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 88780423
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7739/jkafn.2013.20.2.137