Clinical and cost-effectiveness, safety and acceptability of <i>c</i>ommunity <i>i</i>ntra<i>v</i>enous <i>a</i>ntibiotic <i>s</i>ervice models: CIVAS systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evaluate evidence of the efficacy, safety, acceptability and cost-effectiveness of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) models.

Design

A systematic review.

Data sources

MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, National Health Service (NHS) Economic Evaluation Database (EED), Research Papers in Economics (RePEc), Tufts Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) Registry, Health Business Elite, Health Information Management Consortium (HMIC), Web of Science Proceedings, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy website. Searches were undertaken from 1993 to 2015.

Study selection

All studies, except case reports, considering adult patients or practitioners involved in the delivery of OPAT were included.

SUBMITTER: Mitchell ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5775457 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature