The switch between cataract surgical settings: Evidence from a time series analysis across 20 EU countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To analyze trajectories of cataract surgery rates and to confirm the switch between inpatient cases and day surgery or outpatient cases.

Design

Pooled, cross-sectional, time series analysis.

Methods

Data on 20 European countries from 2004 to 2014 retrieved from the OECD.

Results

The number of cataract surgery cases per 100,000 population has increased since 2004 (b = 31.1, p < 0.001, 95% CI = 26.7, 35.6). A reversal of the inpatient cases and same-day cases was found: the first ones decreased (b = -14.7, p < 0.001, 95% CI = -17.7, -11.8) while day surgery and outpatient cases increased (b = 37.5, p < 0.001, 95% CI = 31.6, 43.4, and b = 8.3, p = 0.001, 95% CI = 3.6, 13.1, respectively). Since 2004, the ratio of day surgery and outpatient cases to inpa

SUBMITTER: Gianino MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5831096 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature