An increasing number of cardiac pacemaker implantations are performed in the outpatient setting. Studies have compared costs and complication rates of outpatient versus inpatient pacemaker implantations but little is known on the subjective experience of the procedure by patients.
Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, Luisenstr. 57, 10117, Berlin, Germany. jacqueline.muellernordhorn@charite.de
