Setting up a homecare service for zoledronic acid treatment of osteoporosis
| Autor: | See Mun Wong, Opinder Sahota, Sarah Pacey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Service (business)
Geriatrics medicine.medical_specialty Health economics business.industry Hospital setting 030503 health policy & services Osteoporosis Short Report medicine.disease Clinical pharmacy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Zoledronic acid 030225 pediatrics medicine General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0305 other medical science business Risk assessment Intensive care medicine medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy. 23:364-365 |
| ISSN: | 2047-9964 2047-9956 |
| Popis: | Increasingly, patients are able to receive parenteral medicines at home rather than in the hospital setting. We describe our approach to setting up a new intravenous zoledronic acid homecare service for patients with osteoporosis. Initial evaluation of service feasibility demonstrated a marginal cost saving of approximately 6%, when the drug is administered via homecare compared with hospital day-case unit. Rigorous risk assessment was conducted prior to service initiation. Implementation strategies are outlined. Surveys confirmed that the majority of patients were highly satisfied with the home infusion service. |
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