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ReviewSaudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society2023

Home infusion services in Saudi Arabia: Where are we standing?

Abdullah A Alhifany, Abdulaziz T Ghilais, Jawad A Jammal, Faisal M Alfaifi, Sarah M Khayyat, Abdulmalik S Alotaibi, Mohammed Alessa, Thamer A Almangour

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Review in Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Abdullah A AlhifanyDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulaziz T GhilaisDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Jawad A JammalDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Faisal M AlfaifiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Sarah M KhayyatDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulmalik S AlotaibiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed AlessaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Thamer A AlmangourDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diseases management has reached the highest level of complexity and cost in history, worldwide, and in Saudi Arabia in particular, which led to prolonged, unnecessary hospital stays. There have been many recent innovative measures to reduce these issues. One is to provide home infusion services. Hence, this narrative review emphasizes the expected benefits and challenges of such services and the applicability of their implementation in Saudi Arabia. A literature search was conducted via PubMed database, involving all published studies from inception until March 24th

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Community careHome careHome infusionHome servicesPost-discharge care

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PMID37680756
PMCPMC10481352

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