Direct cost of health care for individuals with community associated Clostridium difficile infections: A population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Even though the incidence of community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is reported to be increasing, few studies have reported on the healthcare costs of community-acquired CDI. We estimated cost of care for individuals with community-associated CDI and compared with that for matched controls without CDI in the time period of six months before to one year after CDI. METHODS:All individuals in the province of Manitoba, diagnosed with CDI between July 2005 and March 2015 were matched up to 4 individuals without CDI. Health care utilization and direct costs resulting from hospitalizations, physician reimbursement claims and prescriptions were determined from the population based provincial databases. Quantile regressions were performed to determine predictors of cost

SUBMITTER: Singh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6839863 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature