Organisational and financial consequences of the early discharge of patients treated for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection and osteomyelitis in infectious disease departments in Greece, Italy and Spain: a scenario analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the analysis is to assess the organisational and economic consequences of adopting an early discharge strategy for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection (ABSSSI) and osteomyelitis within infectious disease departments.

Setting

Infectious disease departments in Greece, Italy and Spain.

Participants

No patients were involved in the analysis performed.

Interventions

An analytic framework was developed to consider two alternative scenarios: standard hospitalisation care or an early discharge strategy for patients hospitalised due to ABSSSI and osteomyelitis, from the perspective of the National Health Services of Greece, Italy and Spain. The variables considered were: the number of annual hospitalisations eligible f

SUBMITTER: Restelli U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6747647 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature