Cost4Visit: a cross-sectional cohort study on hidden costs among surgical patients and relatives for in-person and video visits.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare systems face excessive pressure on sustainability due to financial, social and environmental concerns. Video visits offer an appreciated alternative for routine in-person visits in surgical subspecialties, with the potential to lower costs among hospitals and patients and carbon footprint. However, a comprehensive understanding of patients' and companions' costs to attend an outpatient clinic visit remains understudied. The study aims to provide insight into direct and indirect patient costs of a tertiary surgical outpatient clinic visit.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey study was conducted among adult patients scheduled for a tertiary outpatient surgery clinic visit from September 2020 to September 2021. The cost of a surgical visit was assessed using

SUBMITTER: van Dalen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12516991 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature