Decreased hospital readmissions after programmatic strengthening of an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program
Abstract Objective: To determine whether a structured OPAT program supervised by an infectious disease physician and led by an OPAT nurse decreased hospital readmission rates and OPAT-related complications and whether it affected clinical cure. We also evaluated predictors of readmission while recei...
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Main Authors: | Gaurav Agnihotri (Author), Alan E. Gross (Author), Minji Seok (Author), Cheng Yu Yen (Author), Farah Khan (Author), Laura M. Ebbitt (Author), Cassandra Gay (Author), Susan C. Bleasdale (Author), Monica K. Sikka (Author), Andrew B. Trotter (Author) |
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2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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