Penicillin Allergy Testing Is Cost-Saving: An Economic Evaluation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Having a penicillin allergy label is associated with the use of less appropriate and more expensive antibiotics and increased healthcare utilization. Penicillin allergy testing results in delabeling most allergy claimants and may be cost-saving. This study aimed to project whether penicillin allergy testing in patients reporting a penicillin allergy is cost-saving.

Methods

In this economic evaluation study, we built decision models to project the economic impact of 2 strategies for a patient with a penicillin allergy label: (1) perform diagnostic testing (drug challenges, with or without skin tests); and (2) do not perform diagnostic testing. The health service perspective was adopted, considering costs with penicillin allergy tests, and with hospital bed-days/out

SUBMITTER: Sousa-Pinto B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7958749 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature