Future Direction For Client Education: Group 3
Future Direction For Client Education: Group 3
DIRECTION FOR
CLIENT GROUP 3
EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES
At the of end of discussion the student will be able:
● To understand the importance of client education
● To describe the different ways in educating their client
● To identify the economic factors in healthcare
education
● To discuss the cost-benefit and cost-effective analysis
Hospitals and other healthcare organizations have a
INTRODUCTION
long-standing commitment to patient education. This
process as we have known it has usually occurred at the
bedside, in clinic waiting rooms, or in groups on
thehospital premises. Some aspects of this familiar
educational process will certainly continue because it
plays an important role in discharge planning forthe
patient and in the long run is cost-effective for the
institution.
● Patient educators have used newer technologies to accomplish
tasks associated with patient education .
-Closed-circuit television
Equipment
classified as a direct cost. No organization can function
without proper materials and tools, which also means there
isthe need to replace them when necessary.
DIRECT COST TWO TYPES:
FIXED VARIABLE
COST
Expenses that are predictable,
COST
Are those costs that, in
HIDDEN COST
a type of indirect cost cannot be anticipated or accounted for until after the fa
COST SAVINGS, COST BENEFIT AND
COST SAVINGS COST RECOVER
when patient lengths of stay are shortened or fall within the allotted
diagnosis related group time frames.
COST BENEFIT
occurs when there is increasespatient satisfaction with the services an
institution provides, including educational programs such as child birth
classes, weight and stress reduction session and cardiac fitness and
rehabilitation programs.
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND COST-
EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
TWO CONCEPTS ON DETERMINING ACTUAL COST OR
ACTUAL IMPACT OF PROGRAM IN RELATIONSHIP TO
OUTCOMES
1. Cost-Benefit Analysis(Abruzzese, 1992)