Eligibility for home oxygen programs and funding across Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Canada, although medical insurance is generally universal, significant differences exist in the provision of home oxygen therapy across the country.

Objective

To systematically compare the terms of reference for home oxygen across Canada, with a focus on the clinical inclusion criteria to the programs.

Methods

The authors searched the terms of reference of the 10 Canadian provinces and three territories, focusing on general eligibility criteria for home oxygen (including blood gas criteria, and eligibility criteria for ambulatory and nocturnal oxygen), and compared the eligibility criteria to the widely accepted criteria of the Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy Trial (NOTT) trial, the clinical recommendations of the Canadian Thoracic Society and the results

SUBMITTER: Lacasse Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4676395 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature