Grizzard M B, Harris G, Karns H
Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108.
Rev Infect Dis. 1991 Jan-Feb;13 Suppl 2:S174-9. doi: 10.1093/clinids/13.supplement_2.s174.
Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy in a health maintenance organization (HMO), as carried out at the Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been effective for ambulatory patients (who received their injections at one of the HMO facilities) and for nonambulatory patients (who were visited in their homes by members of the HMO's home health care team). Over a 17-month period, implementation of these procedures resulted in savings of as much as 73% per day over the costs for similar treatment of similar infections in hospitalized patients. The savings derived from treating nonambulatory patients were slightly less than those from treating ambulatory patients because of the costs for home health care personnel.
新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基市洛夫莱斯医疗中心开展的健康维护组织（HMO）门诊胃肠外抗生素治疗，对于门诊患者（在HMO机构之一接受注射）和非门诊患者（由HMO家庭医疗团队成员上门探访）均有效。在17个月的时间里，实施这些程序使门诊患者每天的费用比住院患者治疗类似感染的类似费用节省多达73%。由于家庭医护人员的费用，治疗非门诊患者节省的费用略低于治疗门诊患者节省的费用。
