Journal article
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: the cost-effectiveness of long-term therapy associated with infectious diseases consultation
Clinical performance and quality health care, Vol.6(1), pp.9-11
01/1998
PMID: 10177050
Abstract
To investigate the cost-effectiveness of long-term therapy for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and to determine if an infectious diseases consultation affected the duration of therapy.
A decision analysis was performed based on data from the literature. To determine if consultation was related to therapy duration, a retrospective cohort study was performed using tightly matched pairs.
The excess cost per life saved by long-term antibiotics was $500,000. The excess cost per life-year saved was $18,000. Nine pairs were matched. Patients who received consultation were more likely to receive long-term therapy than controls (median 41 days vs 15 days for controls, P = .04).
The estimated cost per life-year saved by long-term therapy was similar to other accepted medical interventions. Infectious diseases consultation can encourage prolonged duration of antibiotic therapy for S aureus bacteremia.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: the cost-effectiveness of long-term therapy associated with infectious diseases consultation
- Creators
- J Lundberg - Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond 23298, USAM D NettlemanM CostiganS BentlerJ DawsonR P Wenzel
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical performance and quality health care, Vol.6(1), pp.9-11
- PMID
- 10177050
- NLM abbreviation
- Clin Perform Qual Health Care
- ISSN
- 1063-0279
- eISSN
- 2054-5584
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1998
- Academic Unit
- Public Health Administration; Biostatistics; College of Public Health; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094772002771
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