Control of Endemic Methicillin - Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Cost-Benefit Analysis in an Intensive Care Unit
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Isolating hospital patients who have methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may be cost-effective. In a study at a medical intensive care unit, costs of treating 27 patients who had MRSA and 27 who did not were compared. Those who did were isolated from other patients. This reduced the MRSA infection rate 14%, which made the method cost-effective because the cost of treating MRSA cases was $9,275 more than the cost of treating patients without MRSA.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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The cost-effectiveness of testing HIV for genetic signs of drug resistance as a guide to the choice of therapy
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It appears to be cost-effective to test HIV patients for viral drug resistance if they do not respond to specific AIDS drugs. This was the conclusion of researchers who used computer simulations to analyze the cost-effectiveness of various testing strategies.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 2001
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Economic evaluation of drug resistance genotyping for the adaptation of treatment in HIV-infected patients in the VIRADAPT study
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Testing HIV patients for drug resistance appears to be cost-effective, according to a study of 107 patients. The cost of care in the group that was tested was slightly less because the cost of testing was offset by a decreased use of protease inhibitors.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2000
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