(1) home phototherapy has the same safety and effectiveness as the hospital phototherapy;
(2) the patient's treatment at home, the choice of time is more flexible, do not have to be confined to the hospital working hours;
(3) the patient can save the time and transportation costs of traveling to and from the hospital.
Additionally, although home phototherapy costs more when the machine is initially purchased, the later costs are minimal for in-hospital phototherapy, making home phototherapy less costly in the long term.