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| Domiciliary phlebotomy for elderly people with mental illness | | Author(s) | Malcolm Darley, Catherine Siller, David Anderson |
| Journal title | Psychiatric Bulletin, vol 28, no 4, April 2004 |
| Pages | pp 120-122 |
| Source | http://pb.rcpsych.org |
| Keywords | Psychiatric treatment ; Screening ; Home visits [doctors] ; Costs [care]. |
| Annotation | Domiciliary phlebotomy can be a viable method of performing blood investigations in an old age psychiatric service to support home assessment. The authors report a pilot study, for which clinical and demographic data were collected, and the costs of phlebotomy home visits were compared to those of ambulance transport. Of 511 visits made to 307 patients, only 8% were unsuccessful. A subgroup analysis indicated that 70% of patients would have been unable to leave home unaccompanied to attend for venepuncture. The cost of the phlebotomist's travel was comparable with the estimated cost of providing ambulance transport. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040507202 A |
| Classmark | LP: 3V: L5H: QDC |
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