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Influence of Internet dissemination on hospital selection for benign surgical disease: A single center retrospective study
Author(s) -
Lee Sung Ryul,
Koo Bum Hwan,
Byun Geon Young,
Lee Seung Geun,
Kim Myoung Jin,
Hong Soo Kyung,
Kim Su Yeon,
Lee Yu Jin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the international journal of health planning and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-1751
pISSN - 0749-6753
DOI - 10.1002/hpm.2545
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , selection (genetic algorithm) , the internet , university hospital , health care , general surgery , emergency medicine , artificial intelligence , world wide web , computer science , economics , economic growth
Summary The Internet is used worldwide, but its effect on hospital selection of minor surgical disease has not hitherto been thoroughly studied. To investigate the effect of the Internet dissemination on hospital selection of minor surgical disease and information affecting selection, we conducted a survey of patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery from January 2016 to April 2017. We analyzed the questionnaire responses of 1916 patients. Over 80% of patients in all groups selected the hospital based on Internet information. Among patients aged over 60 years, 65.1% selected the hospital based on Internet information. With regard to hospital selection factors, the highest number of responses was for sophisticated surgical treatment (93.1%). The second highest was for a simplified medical care system (33.0%); third was a comprehensive nursing care system (18.1%). Among responses about surgical treatment, the most were obtained for short operation time and fewer hospitalization days (81.5%).