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Emergency Department Utilization During Self-Administered Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
2017
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Background. Self-administered outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (S-OPAT) has been established as a clinically safe and effective alternative to inpatient or outpatient extended-course intravenous antibiotics while reducing healthcare resource utilization. However, previous research has not confirmed that transferring patients from the hospital to home for treatment does not cause a compensatory increase in emergency department (ED) visits. We sought to validate S-OPAT clinical safety
doi:10.1093/ofid/ofx163.786
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