A Survey of Home Enteral Nutrition Practices and Reimbursement in the Asia Pacific Region

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 10; no. 2; p. 214
• Main Authors: Wong, Alvin, Banks, Merrilyn D, Bauer, Judith D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14.02.2018; MDPI
• Subjects: Asia; Australasia; Clinical nutrition; Costs and Cost Analysis; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Dietetics - economics; Dietetics - education; Dietetics - manpower; Dietetics - methods; Enteral nutrition; Enteral Nutrition - economics; Enteral Nutrition - methods; Food Handling - economics; Food, Formulated - economics; funding; Health Care Costs; Health Care Surveys; Health Services Accessibility - economics; Health Services Needs and Demand; Home Care Services - economics; Home Care Services - manpower; home enteral nutrition; Humans; Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; Internet; Long-Term Care - economics; Nutrition; nutrition education; Nutrition Policy; nutrition support team; Nutrition therapy; Patient Care Team - economics; Practice Guidelines as Topic; reimbursement; Societies, Scientific; Asia-Pacific region; nutrition education; nutrition support team; funding; reimbursement; home enteral nutrition

Literature regarding the use of home enteral nutrition (HEN) and how it is reimbursed in the Asia Pacific region is limited. This research survey aims to determine the availability of HEN, the type of feeds and enteral access used, national reimbursement policies, the presence of nutrition support t...