Show Me the Money: Long-Term Financial Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

Show Me the Money: Long-Term Financial Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

The financial impact of an antimicrobial stewardship program in operation for more than 11 years was determined by calculating the reduction in antimicrobial expenditures minus program labor costs. Depending on the method of inflation adjustment used, the program was associated with average cost sav...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2012-04, Vol.33 (4), p.398-400
Hauptverfasser: Beardsley, James R., Williamson, John C., Johnson, James W., Luther, Vera P., Wrenn, Rebekah H., Ohl, Christopher C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Academic Medical Centers - economics
Academic Medical Centers - organization & administration
Academic Medical Centers - statistics & numerical data
Anti-Infective Agents - economics
Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use
Antibiotics
Antimicrobials
Concise Communication
Consumer Price Index
Cost Savings - methods
Cost Savings - statistics & numerical data
Costs and Cost Analysis
Drug Costs - statistics & numerical data
Drug Utilization Review - economics
Epidemiology
Humans
Inflation rates
North Carolina
Nursing
Patient care
Pharmacists
Physicians
Product stewardship
Program Evaluation
Savings
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Zusammenfassung:The financial impact of an antimicrobial stewardship program in operation for more than 11 years was determined by calculating the reduction in antimicrobial expenditures minus program labor costs. Depending on the method of inflation adjustment used, the program was associated with average cost savings of $920,070 to $2,064,441 per year.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1086/664922