Costs and Outcomes of Clostridioides difficile Infections in Germany: A Retrospective Health Claims Data Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Health claims data are a valuable resource for health services research, enabling analysis of the costs of hospitalizations, outpatient visits, procedures, and medications, and providing an improved understanding of the economic burden and underlying cost drivers for a given health condition. Since no recent data were available from Germany on the medical costs and clinical outcomes of Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI), this study assessed the economic burden of CDI and all-cause mortality in adults in Germany.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was conducted using a large, anonymized administrative health claims research database from Germany from which an age- and sex-representative sample of 4 million insured persons covered by approximately 60 stat

SUBMITTER: Schley K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11782737 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature