Table 1.
Distribution of Surgeries at the Four Sites and List of Interviewees
| Number of surgeries performed between April 2013 and March 2014a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site A | Site B | Site C | Site D | |
| Pathway | ||||
| Total knee replacement (TKR) | 133 | 142 | 52 | 467 |
| Total hip replacement (THR) | 137 | 105 | – | 313 |
| Hip fracture (HF) | 364 | – | – | 301 |
| Interviewees | ||||
| Operating block (OB) coordinators | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Operating block assistant head nurses | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nurses (surgical first assistants or clinical nurses) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Assistant (OB) coordinators for preoperative care and/or ambulatory care units | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Post-operative clinical unit heads | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Assistant head nurses (AHN) for postoperative care | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Physiotherapists | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Social workers and/or the liaison nurse | 1 | 1 | ||
| Orthopedists | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
aArthroplasties primaires et fractures de hanche 2013–2014, Direction des finances - Gestion de l’information, performance et mandats spéciaux, 2015-01-31. Source: MED-ÉCHO