The Cost Effectiveness of a Tailored, Web-Based Care Program to Enhance Postoperative Recovery in Gynecologic Patients in Comparison With Usual Care: Protocol of a Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Esther VA Bouwsma   ^{1, 2, 3} , MD ;   Johannes R Anema   ^{2, 3} , MD, PhD ;   Antonie Vonk Noordegraaf   ^{1, 2, 3} , MD ;   Dirk L Knol   ⁴ , PhD ;   Judith E Bosmans   ^{3, 5} , PhD ;   Steven E Schraffordt Koops   ⁶ , MD, PhD ;   Paul JM van Kesteren   ⁷ , MD, PhD ;   W Marchien van Baal   ⁸ , MD, PhD ;   Jos P Lips   ⁹ , MD, PhD ;   Mark H Emanuel   ¹⁰ , MD, PhD ;   Petrus C Scholten   ¹¹ , MD, PhD ;   Alexander Mozes   ¹² , MD ;   Albert H Adriaanse   ¹³ , MD, PhD ;   Hans AM Brölmann   ^{1, 3} , MD, PhD ;   Judith AF Huirne   ^{1, 3} , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

² Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

³ EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁵ Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, Netherlands

⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Flevo Hospital, Almere, Netherlands

⁹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kennemer Gasthuis, Haarlem, Netherlands

¹⁰ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Spaarne Hospital, Hoofddorp, Netherlands

¹¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Diakonessenhuis, Utrecht, Netherlands

¹² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Amstelland Hospital, Amstelveen, Netherlands

¹³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Center Alkmaar, Alkmaar, Netherlands