Tag: Combined Therapy
News from ATS 2018: Philips, ResMed back combined therapy
May 22, 2018HME News Staff
SAN DIEGO - Royal Philips announced new data at ATS 2018 that suggests combining home oxygen therapy with home non-invasive ventilation as treatment for chronically hypercapnic COPD patients is more effective and less expensive than HOT alone.Comparing the accumulated costs of devices, doctor visits, medication and hospitalizations using a U.S. economic model, HOT-HMV exhibited an average annual cost savings of $3,927 per patient.Results of the five-year, multi-center study were announced at ATS...