title: [Home mechanical ventilation in the Netherlands].
abstract: Over the last 20 years the number of Dutch patients on home mechanical ventilation has increased from 200 to 2000. Home mechanical ventilation is a cost-effective treatment which significantly improves the quality of life of patients. In 2011 83% of patients on home mechanical ventilation in the Netherlands is living at home. In the future further growth can be expected in the number of patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome and a potential new group of patients with COPD. Strict conditions are necessary to ensure safety in the complex care that home mechanical ventilation entails.
authors.affiliation: Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, Centrum voor Thuisbeademing, Groningen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Anda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hazenberg
authors.forename: Nicolle A M
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Cobben
authors.forename: Mike J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kampelmacher
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rischen
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Wijkstra
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D010845:Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*