Same Day Discharge Strategy by Default in a Tertiary Catheterization Laboratory in Belgium: Value Based Healthcare-Change in Practice.

Aims: To assess the effects on outcomes and hospital revenues (societal cost) of a by default strategy of same day discharge (SDD) in patients undergoing a cardiac catheterization procedure in a Belgian Hospital.

Methods And Results: Outcome and complete financial data were obtained in all consecutive patients with a cardiac catheterization performed in 2019 (n=5237) and in 2021 (n=5377). Patient-reported experience, patient satisfaction and Net promotor score were obtained prospectively for the SDD cohort in 2021.