Home-based initiatives for acute management of COVID-19 patients needing oxygen: differences across The Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

During the COVID-19 pandemic new collaborative-care initiatives were developed for treating and monitoring COVID-19 patients with oxygen at home. Aim was to provide a structured overview focused on differences and similarities of initiatives of acute home-based management in the Netherlands.

Methods

Initiatives were eligible for evaluation if (i) COVID-19 patients received oxygen treatment at home; (ii) patients received structured remote monitoring; (iii) it was not an 'early hospital discharge' program; (iv) at least one patient was included. Protocols were screened, and additional information was obtained from involved physicians. Design choices were categorised into: eligible patient group, organization medical care, remote monitoring, nursing care, and devices

SUBMITTER: Boeijen JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10652550 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature