Planning for a non‐inpatient service: home‐based antibiotic treatment
Stephen Parkinson
(Ulster Business School, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland)
Daragh O’Reilly
(Ulster Business School, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland)
Malcolm Afferson
(Ulster Business School, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland)
Peter Davey
(Dundee Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Dundee, Scotland)
Dilip Nathwani
(Dundee Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Dundee, Scotland)
Sharon Parker
(Dundee Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Dundee, Scotland)
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Abstract
Reviews recent literature on home‐based intravenous antibiotics services and reports on a clinical trial carried out in the UK. The UK trial is synthesized with the literature and an outline framework is offered for planning the launch of similar non‐inpatient services in the UK health care system.
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Citation
Parkinson, S., O’Reilly, D., Afferson, M., Davey, P., Nathwani, D. and Parker, S. (1996), "Planning for a non‐inpatient service: home‐based antibiotic treatment", Marketing Intelligence & Planning, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 52-54. https://doi.org/10.1108/02634509610106241
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:MCB UP Ltd
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