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Show Me the Money: Long-Term Financial Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

James R. Beardsley ,
John C. Williamson ,
James W. Johnson ,
Vera P. Luther ,
Rebekah H. Wrenn  and
Christopher C. Ohl
James R. Beardsley*
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
John C. Williamson
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
James W. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Vera P. Luther
Affiliation:
Section on Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Rebekah H. Wrenn
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Christopher C. Ohl
Affiliation:
Section on Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
*
Department of Pharmacy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27410 ([email protected])
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Abstract

The financial impact of an antimicrobial stewardship program in operation for more than 11 years was determined by calculating the reduction in antimicrobial expenditures minus program labor costs. Depending on the method of inflation adjustment used, the program was associated with average cost savings of $920,070 to $2,064,441 per year.

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 4: Special Topic Issue: Antimicrobial Stewardship , April 2012 , pp. 398 - 400
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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