False economies in home-based parenteral antibiotic treatment: a health-economic case study of management of lower-limb cellulitis in Australia | Zendy

Kamya Kameshwar | Zendy; Amalia Karahalios | Zendy; Edward Janus | Zendy; Harin Karunajeewa | Zendy

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False economies in home-based parenteral antibiotic treatment: a health-economic case study of management of lower-limb cellulitis in Australia

Author(s) -

Kamya Kameshwar,

Amalia Karahalios,

Edward Janus,

Harin Karunajeewa

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkv413

Subject(s) - cellulitis , medicine , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , intravenous antibiotics , emergency medicine , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

The majority of healthcare costs accrued managing cellulitis can be attributed to the small proportion of patients treated with parenteral antibiotics. Hospital in the home (HITH) instead of or following initial inpatient treatment is a safe and effective alternative, but there are few data evaluating its cost-effectiveness for cellulitis.

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