Observational studyRevista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia2023
Economic burden of skin and skin structure infections due to Gram-positive bacteria in patients on hospital at home-based outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT).
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- Dimensions and components of hospital-at-home care: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2024Pooled it
- Hospital at Home vs conventional hospitalization: good clinical outcomes with lower cost and nosocomial complications.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2026Observational
- Analysis of Infection Types, Pathogens, Antimicrobial Treatment, and Clinical Outcomes Data in Hospitalised Patients: Comprehensive Online Database for Antimicrobial Resistance (CODAR) Retrospective Pilot Study.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2026Article
- Inpatient versus outpatient management of community-acquired acute skin and soft tissue infections. Clinical outcomes and factors associated with eligibility for early discharge.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) for patients with cranial infection.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe and quantify resource use and direct health costs associated with skin and skin structure infections (SSSIs) caused by Gram-positive bacteria in adults receiving outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT), administered by Hospital at Home units (HaH) in Spain.
methodsObservational, multicenter, retrospective study. We included patients of both sexes included in the HaH-based OPAT Registry during 2011 to 2017 who were hospitalized due to SSSIs caused by Gram-positive bacteria. Resource use included home visits (nurses and physician), emergency room visits, conventional hospitalization stay, HaH stay and antibiotic treatment. Costs were quantified by multiplying the natural units of the resources by the corresponding unit cost. All costs were updated to 2019 euros.
resultsWe included 194 episodes in 189 patients from 24 Spanish hospitals. The most frequent main diagnoses were cellulitis (26.8%) and surgical wound infection (24.2%), and 94% of episodes resulted in clinical improvement or cure after treatment. The median HaH stay was 13 days (interquartile range [IR]:8-22.7), and the conventional hospitalization stay was 5 days (IR: 1-10.7). The mean total cost attributable to the complete infectious process was €7,326 (95% confidence interval: €6,316-€8,416).
conclusionsOur results suggest that OPAT administered by HaH is a safe and efficient alternative for the management of these infections and could lead to lower costs compared with hospital admission.
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