title: [Value of ambulatory clinic-associated stoma therapy, analysis of expenses, success and cost effectiveness from the public economic viewpoint].
abstract: A pilot project providing ambulant, hospital-associated stoma care for the affected patients both in the hospital and at home has been in progress in the Kiel/Neumünster area since 1982. An evaluation of the stoma therapist's activities in 1988 and a survey in 1989 demonstrated that patients and family physicians are increasingly accepting the project. Besides a markedly better quality of life, a cautious cost analysis is proved that more than DM 200,000 can be saved annually by avoiding hospitalization and adapting the care system to the needs of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Ebert-Krankenhaus, Chirurg. Klinik, Neumünster.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schubert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pötter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thiede
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004766:Enterostomy / Q000191:economics*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000191:economics*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life
vernacular_title: Wert der ambulanten klinikassoziierten Stomatherapie, Analyse des Aufwandes, Erfolges und der Kostenentwicklung aus volkswirtschaftlicher Sicht.