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Rebekah Orford1, Penelope Slater1, Brooke Spencer1
1Oncology Services Group, Queensland Children's Hospital, Children's Health Queensland Hospital, and Health Service, South Brisbane, Australia.
Abstract:
Background: Home-based cancer care offers new ways of delivering supportive therapies, including post-chemotherapy hydration, traditionally delivered in hospital settings. Understanding how programs are developed and how parents perceive managing care at home offers opportunities to improve services and experiences. Aim: To describe the implementation process and evaluation of a home intravenous hydration program for children with cancer and thus to provide practical information for future initiatives. Methods: Data were prospectively collected on clinical impact, safety indicators, and estimated costs; these were tabulated and analysed. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with a subset of parents regarding their experience and analysed using content analysis. Results: Over 34 months, 21 children were eligible, and 16 parents were educated and assessed competent with providing home care. All 16 children received home hydration with a median of 5.5 days per child (IQR 6.65 days). This avoided 116 hospital bed-days and associated costs, at an estimated total value of USD $ 105,521, on average saving USD $ 910 per day and USD $ 6,596 per child. There were no adverse events reported, and no child required re-admission to hospital while receiving home hydration. Parents were overwhelmingly positive in their feedback about the program. Verbatim quotes were synthesized under one overarching theme-supporting normality promotes recovery. Conclusion: When adequately trained and well supported, parents highly value providing home-based care to their children. This offers opportunities to improve experiences and outcomes for children and families as well as reduce costs to health services, achieving clinical impact without reducing safety.
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