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[Patient's perspectives with regard to anesthesia services].
C Baillard1, J F Lamberto, C Martinez
1Département d'anesthésie, Hĵpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France. christophe.baillard@avc.ap-hop-paris.fr
Summary
Most patients do not choose their anesthesiologist, with only 34% making a selection. Many patients are cared for by different anesthesiologists during surgery and rarely recall their name, indicating a need to improve the profession's image.
Area of Science:
- Anesthesiology
- Patient Satisfaction
- Healthcare Professional-Patient Relationship
Context:
- Patients typically select their surgeon but not their anesthesiologist.
- Anesthesia care often involves multiple physicians perioperatively.
- This lack of choice and multiple providers may decrease patient satisfaction.
Purpose:
- To examine patient willingness in choosing their anesthesiologist for surgery.
- To assess patient opinions on current anesthesia practice.
Summary:
- 34% of patients chose their anesthesiologist, with women choosing more often than men.
- 80% of patients saw a different anesthesiologist than the one from their preoperative visit.
- Patients recalled surgeons' names more often than anesthesiologists' names (60% vs. 4%).
Impact:
- Patients are generally unwilling to choose their anesthesiologist.
- Patients accept multiple providers and have low recall of anesthesiologist names.
- There is a need for initiatives to enhance the public image of anesthesiology.