TY - JOUR
T1 - Shifting specialized oncological care from hospital- to home-setting
T2 - is there support among patients, specialists and general practitioners?
AU - Cool, Lieselot
AU - Brewaeys, Celine
AU - Viaene, Stefaan
AU - Missiaen, Jana
AU - Lycke, Michelle
AU - Lefebvre, Tessa
AU - Tack, Laura
AU - Foulon, Veerle
AU - Pottel, Hans
AU - Debruyne, Philip
AU - Vandijck, Dominique
AU - Van Eygen, Koen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Acta Clinica Belgica.
PY - 2020/7/3
Y1 - 2020/7/3
N2 - Objectives: Oncological home-hospitalization (OHH) might be a patient-centred approach to deal with the increasing burden of cancer on health-care facilities and finances. Before implementation into practice, its feasibility, costs and support among stakeholders should be evaluated. The purpose of this trial was to explore patients’, specialists’ and general practitioners’ (GPs) perspectives towards the opportunities of implementing OHH within the Belgian health-care system. Methods: A regional cross-sectional survey study was launched in order to investigate the stakeholders’ views on OHH and the current cancer care focusing on integration of primary care and continuous care. Results: Of the responders, 37 out of 163 patients (23%), 45 of 62 GPs (73%) and 10 of 15 specialists (67%) feel positive about the opportunities for OHH. Nevertheless, 11/15 specialists (73%) and 51/62 GPs (82%) feel primary care might currently be (too) little involved in order to ensure continuous care for cancer patients. Opportunities for improved continuous care are seen in better communication between primary care and hospital, and more patient contacts for primary care during the cancer treatment process. Conclusion: The results of this local survey study demonstrated there is support among different stakeholder groups for the implementation of OHH within the Belgian health-care context. However, some barriers impeding transmural continuous care should be tackled before implementing such model into practice. Better communication between health-care professionals and more patients contacts are suggested, and an adjusted legal and financial framework is required.
AB - Objectives: Oncological home-hospitalization (OHH) might be a patient-centred approach to deal with the increasing burden of cancer on health-care facilities and finances. Before implementation into practice, its feasibility, costs and support among stakeholders should be evaluated. The purpose of this trial was to explore patients’, specialists’ and general practitioners’ (GPs) perspectives towards the opportunities of implementing OHH within the Belgian health-care system. Methods: A regional cross-sectional survey study was launched in order to investigate the stakeholders’ views on OHH and the current cancer care focusing on integration of primary care and continuous care. Results: Of the responders, 37 out of 163 patients (23%), 45 of 62 GPs (73%) and 10 of 15 specialists (67%) feel positive about the opportunities for OHH. Nevertheless, 11/15 specialists (73%) and 51/62 GPs (82%) feel primary care might currently be (too) little involved in order to ensure continuous care for cancer patients. Opportunities for improved continuous care are seen in better communication between primary care and hospital, and more patient contacts for primary care during the cancer treatment process. Conclusion: The results of this local survey study demonstrated there is support among different stakeholder groups for the implementation of OHH within the Belgian health-care context. However, some barriers impeding transmural continuous care should be tackled before implementing such model into practice. Better communication between health-care professionals and more patients contacts are suggested, and an adjusted legal and financial framework is required.
KW - Cancer care
KW - general practitioners
KW - home-hospitalization
KW - oncologists
KW - patients
KW - survey
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U2 - 10.1080/17843286.2019.1605467
DO - 10.1080/17843286.2019.1605467
M3 - Article
C2 - 31003594
AN - SCOPUS:85064703030
SN - 1784-3286
VL - 75
SP - 250
EP - 257
JO - Acta Clinica Belgica: International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine
JF - Acta Clinica Belgica: International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine
IS - 4
ER -