Penicillin Allergy Testing Is Cost-Saving: An Economic Evaluation Study | Zendy

Bernardo SousaPinto | Zendy; Kimberly G. Blumenthal | Zendy; Eric Macy | Zendy; Ana Margarida Pereira | Zendy; Luís Filipe Azevedo | Zendy; Luís Delgado | Zendy; João Fonseca | Zendy

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Penicillin Allergy Testing Is Cost-Saving: An Economic Evaluation Study

Author(s) -

Bernardo SousaPinto,

Kimberly G. Blumenthal,

Eric Macy,

Ana Margarida Pereira,

Luís Filipe Azevedo,

Luís Delgado,

João Fonseca

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa194

Subject(s) - medicine , penicillin allergy , penicillin , allergy , drug allergy , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Having a penicillin allergy label is associated with the use of less appropriate and more expensive antibiotics and increased healthcare utilization. Penicillin allergy testing results in delabeling most allergy claimants and may be cost-saving. This study aimed to project whether penicillin allergy testing in patients reporting a penicillin allergy is cost-saving.

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