Following her knee replacement operation Mrs Purtik was sent

Following her knee replacement operation, Mrs. Purtik was sent to a long-term care
facility for rehab for a period of time. She now receives home care and makes visits to a physiotherapist. How many providing agencies would be responsible for Mrs. Purtik’s treatment and care in a traditional health care system? How many providing agencies would be involved in her case in a regionalized health care system? Explain your answer in both cases.

Solution

Post-operative care is must after a knee replacement operation and it involves a set of care provided by multiple agencies in a traditional health care system. Besides physiotherapy care giving agency, orthopaedic/ medicine specialist for thinning the patient blood and pain killer / narcotic medication, nursing agency for care including helping the patient to get up from the toilet, compression boots to wrap in lower leg to pump leg muscle, continuous passive motion is provided in bed by a machine, and dietician to regulate body weight and avoid post-surgery complications.