Long-Term Antibiotic Cost Savings from a Comprehensive Intervention Program in a Medical Department of a University-Affiliated Teaching Hospital

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 348-356

  Rüttimann, Sigmund ^a,d   Keck, Barbara ^a   Hartmeier, Cornelia ^b   Maetzel, Andreas ^c   Bucher, Heiner C ^c  

^a Kantonsspital Schaffhausen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Hospital Pharmacy   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COST SAVINGS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FORMULARIES, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1042288600     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380964     Document Type: Article

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