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Evaluating an Innovative Care Model for Rural Outpatient Breast Surgery Patients

The care model in Saint John, New Brunswick, supports outpatient mastectomies and lumpectomies, the primary treatments for non-metastatic breast cancer. Given the geographic distribution of the province, many patients travel long distances to receive surgical care at regional hospitals. These patients may face: i) a stressful trip home post-surgery, ii) expensive hotel accommodations; or iii) medically unnecessary hospital stays. Therefore, the Breast Health Program partnered with Delta Hotels by Marriott in Saint John to create the “Delta Oasis” program that offers rural outpatient breast surgery patients and their families’ free accommodations and extramural care. The present study used a mixed-methods approach to investigate patients’ experiences with this program. We found that the program yielded positive benefits for patients, including reduced stress and discomfort associated with travel, and for the Delta Hotels, such as increased customer loyalty and word-of-mouth advertising (i.e., incentives to continue offering the program). Furthermore, there are significant financial implications associated with the Delta Oasis program that could yield health system savings; hotel accommodations are five times less costly than traditional hospital stays for breast surgery perioperative care. The Delta Oasis program is a beneficial alternative to inpatient care that is often not medically necessary for breast cancer surgery. Thanks to the innovative partnership between Saint John’s Breast Health Program and Delta Brunswick Hotel, the Delta Oasis program generates zero cost to the provincial healthcare system. Establishing funding partners and adapting this service to other types of low-risk surgery could bring forth added health system savings. English slides: https://www.slideshare.net/NBIRDT/a-m... Vidéo français :    • Soins innovants pour les patientes des ser...   Diapositives en français : https://www.slideshare.net/NBIRDT/une... Stay connected with NB-IRDT: Website: https://www.unb.ca/nbirdt/ Facebook:   / nbirdt   Twitter:   / nbirdt_unb   LinkedIn:   / datanb   Instagram:   / nb.irdt   SlideShare: https://www.slideshare.net/NBIRDT Subscribe to our newsletter: https://unb.us3.list-manage.com/subsc...