Antibiotic use: is appropriateness expensive?

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_013DC0BBAC40
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Antibiotic use: is appropriateness expensive?
Journal
Journal of Hospital Infection
Author(s)
von Gunten V., Reymond J.P., Boubaker K., Gerstel E., Eckert P., Lüthi J.C., Troillet N.
ISSN
0195-6701 (Print)
ISSN-L
0195-6701
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2009
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
71
Number
2
Pages
108-111
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Comparative Study ; Journal Article
Abstract
Antibiotics are prone to misuse. In this study, 37% of 600 antibiotic prescriptions in three hospitals were considered unnecessary. When antibiotic therapy was indicated, 45% were considered to be inadequate. In multivariate analyses, the indicated treatments were found to be more expensive than the unjustified ones, probably because the latter were more often oral regimens. However, for indicated treatments, the cost of adequate and inadequate treatments did not differ significantly.
Keywords
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anti-Bacterial Agents/adverse effects, Anti-Bacterial Agents/economics, Cross Infection/economics, Cross Infection/prevention & control, Drug Utilization/economics, Female, Humans, Infection Control/economics, Male, Middle Aged, Physician's Practice Patterns, Young Adult
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