Journal article
Economic Analysis of Home vs Hospital‐Based Parenteral Nutrition in Ontario, Canada
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Advances in technology and infrastructure have facilitated transfer of complex services from acute care hospitals to the home. This increases the burden on community resources but may provide net savings to the health care system. We undertook a retrospective cohort study of patients transferred from hospital to home while receiving home parenteral nutrition (PN) to assess their costs of care.
METHODS: A detailed review of medical …
Authors
Marshall JK; Gadowsky SL; Childs A; Armstrong D
Journal
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 266–269
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
July 2005
DOI
10.1177/0148607105029004266
ISSN
0148-6071