Assessing the social cost and benefits of a national requirement establishing antibiotic stewardship programs to prevent Clostridioides difficile infection in US hospitals

Assessing the social cost and benefits of a national requirement establishing antibiotic stewardship programs to prevent Clostridioides difficile infection in US hospitals

Abstract Backgound Economic evaluations of interventions to prevent healthcare-associated infections in the United States rarely take the societal perspective and thus ignore the potential benefits of morbidity and mortality risk reductions. Using new Department of Health and Human Services guidelin...

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Main Authors: R. Douglas Scott, Rachel B. Slayton, Fernanda C. Lessa, James Baggs, Steven D. Culler, L. Clifford McDonald, John A. Jernigan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Healthcare-associated infections
Clostridioides difficile infection
Antibiotic stewardship
Regulatory impact analysis
Value of statistical life
Cost-benefit analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-018-0459-1

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