The cost of a recalcitrant intravenous drug user with serial cases of endocarditis: Need for guidelines to improve the continuum of care

We report a case of an intravenous drug user (IVDU) patient who had 4 episodes of endocarditis within a 2-year time period in rural Georgia. The institutional cost was approximately $380,000. The lack of an established transitional care plan for IVDUs to outpatient care is a common phenomenon at ins...

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Autores principales: Libertin, Claudia R., Camsari, Ulas M., Hellinger, Walter C., Schneekloth, Terry D., Rummans, Teresa A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5320052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28239556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.02.001
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author Libertin, Claudia R.
Camsari, Ulas M.
Hellinger, Walter C.
Schneekloth, Terry D.
Rummans, Teresa A.
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description We report a case of an intravenous drug user (IVDU) patient who had 4 episodes of endocarditis within a 2-year time period in rural Georgia. The institutional cost was approximately $380,000. The lack of an established transitional care plan for IVDUs to outpatient care is a common phenomenon at institutions. Guidelines are essential to optimize the quality of care rendered to IVDUs with such infections, to assist providers in utilizing limited resources, and to limit the cost to the institutions.
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spelling pubmed-53200522017-02-26 The cost of a recalcitrant intravenous drug user with serial cases of endocarditis: Need for guidelines to improve the continuum of care Libertin, Claudia R. Camsari, Ulas M. Hellinger, Walter C. Schneekloth, Terry D. Rummans, Teresa A. IDCases Case Report We report a case of an intravenous drug user (IVDU) patient who had 4 episodes of endocarditis within a 2-year time period in rural Georgia. The institutional cost was approximately $380,000. The lack of an established transitional care plan for IVDUs to outpatient care is a common phenomenon at institutions. Guidelines are essential to optimize the quality of care rendered to IVDUs with such infections, to assist providers in utilizing limited resources, and to limit the cost to the institutions. Elsevier 2017-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5320052/ /pubmed/28239556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.02.001 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Case Report
Libertin, Claudia R.
Camsari, Ulas M.
Hellinger, Walter C.
Schneekloth, Terry D.
Rummans, Teresa A.
The cost of a recalcitrant intravenous drug user with serial cases of endocarditis: Need for guidelines to improve the continuum of care
title The cost of a recalcitrant intravenous drug user with serial cases of endocarditis: Need for guidelines to improve the continuum of care
title_full The cost of a recalcitrant intravenous drug user with serial cases of endocarditis: Need for guidelines to improve the continuum of care
title_fullStr The cost of a recalcitrant intravenous drug user with serial cases of endocarditis: Need for guidelines to improve the continuum of care
title_full_unstemmed The cost of a recalcitrant intravenous drug user with serial cases of endocarditis: Need for guidelines to improve the continuum of care
title_short The cost of a recalcitrant intravenous drug user with serial cases of endocarditis: Need for guidelines to improve the continuum of care
title_sort cost of a recalcitrant intravenous drug user with serial cases of endocarditis: need for guidelines to improve the continuum of care
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5320052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28239556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.02.001
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