Home chemotherapy for cancer patients | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由RMLowenthal著作·1996·被引用57次—Homeanticancerchemotherapyisasafeandeconomicallyrealisticalternativetotraditionalin-hospitaltreatment.Effortsshouldbemadetoovercome ...

Objective: To assess the safety and to analyse the cost-effectiveness of home treatment, including cytotoxic chemotherapy, for cancer patients.

Design: A restrospective overview of a home oncology nursing service over its first five years (1989-1994), and a detailed cost analysis over 12 months, firstly, by comparing direct costs of chemotherapy administration at home or in the hospitals day treatment ward and, secondly, by assessing the marginal cost of treating home care program patients in the hospital versus the total cost of the home care program.

Patients and setting: Patients of the Haematology/Oncology Unit of a metropolitan teaching hospital treated either at home by an experienced oncology nurse, or in the hospital day care ward.

Intervention: Patients were offered treatments, including chemotherapy, at home rather than in hospital.

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