How standardized is sequential care?: the case of cataract surgery
- Author
- Melissa De Regge (UGent) , Paul Gemmel (UGent) , Ilse Claerhout (UGent) , Rik Verhaeghe (UGent) , Geert Hommez (UGent) , Jeroen Trybou (UGent) and Philippe Duyck (UGent)
- Organization
- Abstract
- Standardization promises to render medicine more accessible and cost-effective but if used wrongly it may induce the opposite effect. This study aims at investigating current levels of standardization within hospitals for treatments holding high promise for standardization. We examine to what extent cataract treatment is standardized. In total 158 cataract operations of nine ophthalmologists were observed. Additional information was gathered by means of walkthroughs, structured interviews, visual material and interviews. Our multi-source data comprises measurements at patient, organizational and operational level. Cataract surgery fits standardization and operates accordingly. However, special cause variation was detected leading to differences in operational efficiency.
- Keywords
- Standardization, Cataract Surgery, Health Services
Citation
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-4441176
- MLA
- De Regge, Melissa, et al. “How Standardized Is Sequential Care?: The Case of Cataract Surgery.” EHMA Annual Conference, Abstracts, European Health Management Association (EHMA), 2014.
- APA
- De Regge, M., Gemmel, P., Claerhout, I., Verhaeghe, R., Hommez, G., Trybou, J., & Duyck, P. (2014). How standardized is sequential care?: the case of cataract surgery. EHMA Annual Conference, Abstracts. Presented at the EHMA Annual conference 2014: Leadership in healthcare : from bedside to board, Birmingham, UK.
- Chicago author-date
- De Regge, Melissa, Paul Gemmel, Ilse Claerhout, Rik Verhaeghe, Geert Hommez, Jeroen Trybou, and Philippe Duyck. 2014. “How Standardized Is Sequential Care?: The Case of Cataract Surgery.” In EHMA Annual Conference, Abstracts. European Health Management Association (EHMA).
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- De Regge, Melissa, Paul Gemmel, Ilse Claerhout, Rik Verhaeghe, Geert Hommez, Jeroen Trybou, and Philippe Duyck. 2014. “How Standardized Is Sequential Care?: The Case of Cataract Surgery.” In EHMA Annual Conference, Abstracts. European Health Management Association (EHMA).
- Vancouver
- 1.De Regge M, Gemmel P, Claerhout I, Verhaeghe R, Hommez G, Trybou J, et al. How standardized is sequential care?: the case of cataract surgery. In: EHMA annual conference, Abstracts. European Health Management Association (EHMA); 2014.
- IEEE
- [1]M. De Regge et al., “How standardized is sequential care?: the case of cataract surgery,” in EHMA annual conference, Abstracts, Birmingham, UK, 2014.
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