Open AccessPenicillin 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/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
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.