The Value Forge
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Guidance
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Updated UK OPAT good practice recommendations add hard-to-reach groups and equitable provision
The updated UK good practice recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy add five recommendations, including OPAT in hard-to-reach groups and equitable provision of care; this summary rests on the published abstract.
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Synthesis
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Moving care out of hospital appears to reach people unevenly, though this week's evidence only describes the problem
Updated UK OPAT recommendations name hard-to-reach groups and equitable provision, and two descriptive studies from outside the UK point the same way; none tests whether any change gives patients time back.