Healthcare Resource Utilization and Discharge Readiness in Adult Hospitalized Patients With Candidemia or Invasive Candidiasis Who Received an Echinocandin: An Analysis of United States Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scant real-world outcomes data are available among hospitalized patients with candidemia (C) or invasive candidiasis without candidemia (IC) who were treated with an echinocandin and few have assessed if there is an opportunity to accelerate the transition of their care to the outpatient setting. This study described the outcomes associated with echinocandin therapy for C/IC and determined the proportion of patients on an echinocandin at hospital discharge (HD) who were potentially eligible for an earlier HD.

Methods

A retrospective, multicenter observational study was performed using the PINC AI Healthcare Database (January 2016-April 2019) of hospitalized adult patients with C/IC who received ≥3 days of an echinocandin. Outcomes included post-index culture hospi

SUBMITTER: Lodise TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10783265 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature