Cost-effectiveness of bringing a nurse into an Italian genetic day clinic: a before and after study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Only a few studies explore the role of nurses in genetic counselling and genetic health care, and none of them is related to orphan diseases. In addition, few studies address the issue of finding variables that might affect the economy of a service or perform a cost-effectiveness analysis of a having genetic nurse at a unit.

Methods

A multidisciplinary panel of experts working in the hospital was set up to identify sensitive indicators and remove confounding variables. This panel evaluated efficiency and effectiveness indicators and drafted a questionnaire to estimate patient perception of the quality of the service. Data were captured from different sources, including the hospital patient database and a web-accessible platform for data collection. More than 600 c

SUBMITTER: Mordenti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10662525 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature