Effect and Evaluation of the Clinical Pathway for Senile Cataract Surgery

Objective To evaluate the effect and the value of the Clinical Pathway for the patients undergone senile cataract surgery.Methods 3 758 patients who had undergone senile cataract surgery in a Grade A hospital from June 2009 to June 2012 was chosen and divided randomly into the experiment group(n=1 764) and the control group(n=1 994) with the consent of all the patients.The differences of the average hospitalization days,the average hospitalization cost,the medical expense,the laboratory and examination cost,the patients' satisfaction,the awareness rate of healthy education between the two groups were analyzed.Results Compared with the control group,the average hospitalization days,the average hospitalization cost,the medical expense,the laboratory and examination cost of the experiment group were significantly declined(P0.000 1),while the patients satisfaction,the awareness rate of healthy education were significantly increased(P 0.05).Conclusion The application of the Clinical Pathway in senile cataract surgery could decline the average hospitalization days,reduce the medical expense,the laboratory and examination cost,decrease the complication rates,and increase the satisfaction of patients and the awareness rate of healthy education.