Antibiotic misuse: How to evaluate the costs?

CONCLUSIONS: Despite these limits, key factors for measuring antibiotic misuse (i.e., molecule choice, dosage) in relation to the costs (i.e., over/under prescription, hospital stay, staff remuneration) might serve as the basis for the development of a reference methodology to value the costs of misuse. The application of this methodology on identified situations of antibiotic misuse would help hospital decision-makers to justify resource allocation for implementing antimicrobial stewardship activities. PMID: 30954321 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Med Mal Infect Source Type: research