Publications by authors named "Ana Paula B S Etges"
Rationale: Preoperative care is one of the main areas in which to address low-value care. A detailed definition of what low-value care is in this period of the surgical care journey paves the way for new scientific research, clinical improvements, and reduction of unnecessary costs in this field.
Aims And Objective: To identify how low-value care in low-risk preoperative population has been defined in the scientific literature and propose a low-value care framework with potential consequences in this setting.
Article Synopsis
- Many existing mortality risk scores for COVID-19 patients have high bias, prompting the need for a more reliable evaluation tool.
- A new prediction model was developed using data from nearly 4,000 COVID-19 patients, identifying seven key variables that indicate in-hospital mortality risk.
- This model showed strong accuracy in predicting outcomes and is accessible through an online calculator for healthcare professionals.*
Innovative methodologies to redesign care delivery are being applied to increase value in health care, including the creation of enhanced recovery pathways (ERPs) for surgical patients. However, there is a lack of standardized methods to evaluate ERP implementation costs. This Recommendations Statement aims to introduce a standardized framework to guide the economic evaluation of ERP care-design initiatives, using the Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) methodology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To describe the clinical characteristics, laboratory results, imaging findings, and in-hospital outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to Brazilian hospitals.
Methods: A cohort study of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized from March 2020 to September 2020 in 25 hospitals. Data were collected from medical records using Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) tools.