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Cost minimization analysis of outpatient parenteral/oral antibiotic therapy at a trauma hospital: Public health system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2021

Gustavo Henrique Loesch ,
June Alisson Westarb Cruz ,
Juliano Gasparetto ,
Dayana dos Santos Oliveira ,
Joao Paulo Telles  and
Felipe Francisco Tuon Open the ORCID record for Felipe Francisco Tuon [Opens in a new window]
Gustavo Henrique Loesch
Affiliation:
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
June Alisson Westarb Cruz
Affiliation:
Business School, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Juliano Gasparetto
Affiliation:
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Dayana dos Santos Oliveira
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Joao Paulo Telles
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Felipe Francisco Tuon*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
*
Author for correspondence: Felipe F. Tuon, E-mail: felipe.tuon@pucpr.br
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Abstract

Objective:

To evaluate the impact of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) on a public hospital in a middle-income country.

Design:

A retrospective, observational study analyzing the economic data retrieved on the dehospitalization of patients on antibiotic therapy.

Setting:

Public university trauma hospital.

Patients:

Data were collected from June 2017 to May 2020. Antibiotic cost, hospital length of stay, and risk of multidrug-resistant (MDR) infection or colonization were reviewed, along with the break-even point at which a balance occurs between OPAT antimicrobial costs and all in-hospital costs. A cumulative risk curve was constructed showing the incidence of MDR during the review period.

Results:

In total, 225 patients were studied. The implementation of OPAT resulted in a reduction of $156,681 (49.6%), which is equivalent to an average of $696 per patient, as well as a shortened length of stay, from 33.5 to 15.7 days. OPAT reduces the risk of acquiring infection by MDR bacteria by having the final treatments administered outside of the hospital environment. The breakeven curves, comparing the duration of the OPAT to daily medication costs, allowed for the prediction of the time and dollar costs of antibiotic therapy.

Conclusions:

OPAT presented a significant cost savings, shortened length of stay, and reduced risk of contamination of patients by MDR.

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Original Article
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 42 , Issue 12 , December 2021 , pp. 1445 - 1450
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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