Prehabilitation programs – a systematic review of the economic evidence
Yuhe Ke, Roderica Rui Ge Ng, Shalini Elangovan, Yun Hao Leong, Zhao Han Goh, Nicholas Graves, Nicholas B. Shannon, Hairil Rizal Abdullah · 2023
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Yuhe Ke and co-authors review the economic evidence for prehabilitation, programs that build patients up before surgery. Exercise, nutrition, and mental preparation before an operation can speed recovery. Whether they pay for themselves, though, had not been gathered in one place.
Following standard review methods, the team screened more than sixteen thousand papers and kept twelve full economic studies of preoperative programs. Most came from Western countries and single surgical specialties. Despite varied designs, most studies found the programs saved money overall. The review gives hospital leaders a cautious business case, and names the gaps that bigger trials should fill.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yuhe Ke, Roderica Rui Ge Ng, Shalini Elangovan, Yun Hao Leong, Zhao Han Goh, Nicholas Graves, Nicholas B. Shannon, Hairil Rizal Abdullah |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |