Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy. Management of serious infections. Part II: Amenable infections and models for delivery. Health maintenance organization.
HMOs can provide economical outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy that takes advantage of existing nursing and physician staff as well as centralized pharmacy services. Reimbursement problems are nonexistent. Treatment is possible in the home or clinic. In the model presented, the therapeutic program is initiated and supervised by infectious disease specialists.
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University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D010045:Outpatients; D014861:Washington
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents