Introduction of a breast cancer care programme in ultra short stay (ambulatory/24 stay setting) in four early adopter centres: implementation and evaluatio
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Breast cancerCancer
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN77253391
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Hospital Maastricht (The Netherlands)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 400
Inclusion Criteria
Breast cancer patients of all ages undergoing all types of surgical interventions for breast cancer.
Exclusion Criteria
Contraindications are those related to the physiology of the patient, and therefore not age or any of the surgery types employed in the treatment of breast cancer.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Percent patients in ultra short stay:<br>1. Percent patients treated according to protocol<br>2. Cost-effectiveness of the care programme and implementation programme
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Patient satisfaction<br>2. Degree of involvement of home care nursing)<br><br>Process indicators:<br>1. Access time to out patient department<br>2. Time spent in the diagnostic process<br>3. Access time to the surgical procedure<br>4. Surgical quality of care (complications, number of re-operations)<br>5. Patient satisfaction