Cost consequences of task-shifting intravitreal injections from physicians to nurses in a tertiary hospital in Norway

Cost consequences of task-shifting intravitreal injections from physicians to nurses in a tertiary hospital in Norway

Abstract Background Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor is a medicine administered intravitreally by an injection to maintain visual acuity in patients with a variety of retinal diseases. The demand for this treatment has grown considerably in the westernized world the last two decades and will...

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Main Authors: Stine Bolme, Dordi Austeng, Tora Sund Morken, Turid Follestad, Vidar Halsteinli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-03-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Task-shifting
Physicians versus nurses
Anti-VEGF injections
Hospital costs
Societal costs
Cost projections
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09186-0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09186-0

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