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Cost of Antimicrobial Therapy Across US Children’s Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2015

Rachael K. Ross ,
Adam L. Hersh ,
Matthew P. Kronman ,
Jason G. Newland  and
Jeffrey S. Gerber
Rachael K. Ross
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Adam L. Hersh
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Matthew P. Kronman
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington
Jason G. Newland
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Kansas
Jeffrey S. Gerber*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*
Address correspondence to Jeffrey S. Gerber, MD, PhD, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, CHOP North, Ste 1518, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (gerberj@email.chop.edu).
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Abstract

We analyzed the cost of antimicrobial prescribing across freestanding children’s hospitals. A few specific antimicrobials accounted for a large proportion of expenditures, and antimicrobial spending varied substantially across hospitals, even within specific clinical conditions. Antimicrobial stewardship programs should consider these data to incorporate high-value antimicrobial prescribing when clinically appropriate.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;36(10):1242–1244

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 10 , October 2015 , pp. 1242 - 1244
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

Presented in part: ID Week 2014; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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