• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: A COMPARISON OF THE OUTCOME OF DAY‐CARE AND INPATIENT TREATMENT OF PAEDIATRIC SURGICAL CASES
  • Beteiligte: Scaife, Joyce M.; Campbell, Ian
  • Erschienen: Wiley, 1988
  • Erschienen in: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 29 (1988) 2, Seite 185-198
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1988.tb00703.x
  • ISSN: 0021-9630; 1469-7610
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  • Beschreibung: Abstract The outcome of day‐care versus inpatient surgery for two equivalent groups of children is examined. Ratings were made of medical outcome, behaviour change in the children at 1 week and 3 mths post‐discharge from a pre‐admission criterion, convenience and subjective anxiety for parents, and relative costs of the two procedures.Results showed trends in favour of the day‐care procedure. Argument is made that day‐care should be the preferred option for minor surgery in young children.