A qualitative study of patients' feedback about Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) services in Northern England: implications for service improvement.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) provides opportunities for improved cost savings, but in the UK, implementation is patchy and a variety of service models are in use. The slow uptake in the UK and Europe is due to a number of clinical, financial and logistical issues, including concern about patient safety. The measurement of patient experience data is commonly used to inform commissioning decisions, but these focus on functional aspects of services and fail to examine the relational aspects of care. This qualitative study examines patients' experiences of OPAT.

Design

In-depth, semistructured interviews.

Setting

Purposive sample of OPAT patients recruited from four acute National Health Service (NHS) Trusts in Northern England. These NHS T

SUBMITTER: Twiddy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5781150 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature