A cohort study on protocol-based nurse-led out-patient management of post-chemotherapy low-risk febrile neutropenia.

Purpose: International guidelines adopt risk stratification approach to manage patients with low-risk febrile neutropenia patients. We developed this out-patient program using shared-care model with professional input and patient empowerment, so as to reduce patients' psychological burden from hospitalization and to improve the cost-effectiveness of management.

Method: This is a prospective cohort study to compare the efficacy and safeness of the out-patient program when compared with traditional in-patient care.