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

Volume: 71, Issue: 3, Pages: 830 - 835
Published: Dec 24, 2015
Abstract
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.Our retrospective cohort study included all treatment episodes (by either HITH or an inpatient service for...
Paper Details
Title
False economies in home-based parenteral antibiotic treatment: a health-economic case study of management of lower-limb cellulitis in Australia
Published Date
Dec 24, 2015
Volume
71
Issue
3
Pages
830 - 835
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