Minimizing population health loss due to scarcity in OR capacity: validation of quality of life input.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A previously developed decision model to prioritize surgical procedures in times of scarce surgical capacity used quality of life (QoL) primarily derived from experts in one center. These estimates are key input of the model, and might be more context-dependent than the other input parameters (age, survival). The aim of this study was to validate our model by replicating these QoL estimates.

Methods

The original study estimated QoL of patients in need of commonly performed procedures in live expert-panel meetings. This study replicated this procedure using a web-based Delphi approach in a different hospital. The new QoL scores were compared with the original scores using mixed effects linear regression. The ranking of surgical procedures based on combined QoL valu

SUBMITTER: Gravesteijn BY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9887555 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature