Feasibility and Results of a Mobile Haemophilia Outpatient Care Pilot Project
Schleicher, C.; Heine, S.; Graf, N.; von Mackensen, S.; Eichler, H. · Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie · 2018 · Heft 03 · S. 129 bis 140
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Introduction Regular visits at haemophilia treatment centres (HTCs) in rural regions are often dependent on the access to a private car due to lack of or limited availability of public means. Therefore, a mobile haemophilia outpatient care (MHOC) concept providing home visits to haemophilia patients has been developed by the Saarland HTC, which is located in a rural German region.Methods Haemophilia patients and their parents were home visited at least twice (baseline, follow-up) by trained medical staff. Socio-demographic and clinical data were collected and interviews were performed asking the patients and par…