Antibiotic Expenditures by Medication, Class, and Healthcare Setting in the United States, 2010-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improving antibiotic use has the potential to decrease healthcare costs by reducing the incidence of antibiotic-resistant infections, antibiotic-associated adverse events, and expenditures due to unnecessary prescriptions. Antibiotic expenditures in 2009 totaled $10.7 billion in the United States. Since then, national and local antibiotic stewardship initiatives have grown. The purpose of this study was to assess trends in antibiotic expenditures by healthcare setting in the United States between 2010 and 2015.

Methods

Systemic (nontopical) antibiotic expenditures from January 2010 to December 2015 were extracted from the QuintilesIMS National Sales Perspectives database. These data represent a statistically valid projection of US medication purchases. Regression

SUBMITTER: Suda KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9454312 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature