Cost evaluation of a nurse coordinated outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program

Huiwen Deng; Alan E. Gross; Andrew B. Trotter; Daniel R. Touchette

doi:10.1017/ash.2023.526

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2023)

Cost evaluation of a nurse coordinated outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program

Huiwen Deng,
Alan E. Gross,
Andrew B. Trotter,
Daniel R. Touchette

Affiliations

Huiwen Deng: ORCiD; Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy, University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy, Chicago, IL, USA
Alan E. Gross: Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy, Chicago, IL, USA
Andrew B. Trotter: ORCiD; Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Daniel R. Touchette: ORCiD; Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy, University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy, Chicago, IL, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.526
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3

Abstract

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A structured, nurse-driven outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program within an academic healthcare system was associated with reduced odds of 60-day unplanned OPAT readmissions and costs after hospital discharge. These findings may facilitate justifying additional resources for OPAT programs to improve care while decreasing costs.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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