Financial Impact of a Home Intravenous Antibiotic Program on a Medicare Managed Care Program.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Dalovisio, Joseph R.; Juneau, Jan; Baumgarten, Katherine; Kateiva, Joan
- Source
- Clinical Infectious Diseases. 4/1/2000, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p639. 4p.
- Subject
- *MEDICAL care costs
*HOME care services
*OUTPATIENT services in hospitals
*MEDICARE
*COST
- Language
- ISSN
- 1058-4838
Deals with a study which measured the cost savings achieved by a home intravenous antibiotic (HIVA) program in a Medicare managed health care program. Benefits of HIVA therapy to patients; Costs of HIVA therapy in 1998; Estimate on the total direct variable costs of inpatient care.