Direct costs of a home parenteral nutrition programme

Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is a lifesaving treatment for people with chronic intestinal failure and its cost has been reported to be very high. The purpose of the present paper was to review the direct healthcare and non-healthcare costs associated with the HPN programme managed by a tertiary hospital.

Source: Clinical Nutrition - July 2, 2018 Category: Nutrition Authors: L. Arhip, P. Garc ía-Peris, R.M. Romero, L. Frías, I. Bretón, M. Camblor, M. Motilla, C. Velasco, A. Morales, M.L. Carrascal, A. Herranz, M. Sanjurjo, C. Cuerda Source Type: research