title: Day-case cataract surgery in rural Spain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To ascertain how many patients in a rural area of Spain would qualify for and choose to have day-case cataract surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Departmento de Oftalmología, Hospital Comarcal, Hellín, Albacete, Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients intending to have cataract surgery in 1993 responded to a five-question survey. Only patients answering yes to all five questions were considered candidates for day-case surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-three of 374 patients (9.0%) answered yes to all five questions. Only 7 of the 33 (1.9%) subsequently had day-case surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Establishing a day-case cataract surgery, unit in rural areas requires consideration of factors not present in urban areas and may require more time for patient acceptance.
authors.affiliation: St. Helens Hospital, Merseyside, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramón Villada
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Albisu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires