Outpatient therapy: advantages and disadvantages.
| Advantages |
| • Lower cost of care (particularly using oral regimens) |
| • Enhanced quality of life (patients) |
| • Increased convenience (family or caretakers) |
| • Reduced rates of nosocomial resistant superinfections |
| • Reduction in iatrogenic complications and other adverse events associated with hospitalization |
| • More efficient overall resource utilization |
| Disadvantages |
| • Potential for serious complications (septic shock, hemorrhage, seizures) occurring in an unsupervised setting |
| • Potential for non-compliance (oral therapy) |
| • Infusion-related problems |
| • Need to create and maintain an infrastructure; requires institutional commitment |
| Advantages |
| • Lower cost of care (particularly using oral regimens) |
| • Enhanced quality of life (patients) |
| • Increased convenience (family or caretakers) |
| • Reduced rates of nosocomial resistant superinfections |
| • Reduction in iatrogenic complications and other adverse events associated with hospitalization |
| • More efficient overall resource utilization |
| Disadvantages |
| • Potential for serious complications (septic shock, hemorrhage, seizures) occurring in an unsupervised setting |
| • Potential for non-compliance (oral therapy) |
| • Infusion-related problems |
| • Need to create and maintain an infrastructure; requires institutional commitment |