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Cost analysis of outbreaks with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Dutch long-term care facilities (LTCF)
OBJECTIVES: Highly resistant microorganisms (HRMOs) are of high concern worldwide and are becoming increasingly less susceptible for antibiotics. To study the cost effectiveness of infection prevention measures in long-term care, it is essential to first fully understand the impact of HRMOs. The obj...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6258236/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30475904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208092 |
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author | van Rijt, Antonius M. Dik, Jan-Willem H. Lokate, Mariëtte Postma, Maarten J. Friedrich, Alex W. |
author_facet | van Rijt, Antonius M. Dik, Jan-Willem H. Lokate, Mariëtte Postma, Maarten J. Friedrich, Alex W. |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Highly resistant microorganisms (HRMOs) are of high concern worldwide and are becoming increasingly less susceptible for antibiotics. To study the cost effectiveness of infection prevention measures in long-term care, it is essential to first fully understand the impact of HRMOs. The objective of this study is to identify the costs associated with outbreaks caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Dutch long-term care facilities (LTCF). METHODS: After an outbreak of MRSA, Dutch LTCF can submit a reimbursement form to the Dutch Healthcare Authority (“Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit”; NZa) to get a part of the total costs reimbursed. In this study, we requested NZa forms for financial impact analysis. Details regarding the costs of the outbreak have been extracted from these forms and additionally specific LTCF have been visited in person to validate the data. RESULTS: 34 complete reimbursement forms from the period between 2011 and 2016 were received from the NZa and have been included. The median cost per patient per day was estimated at €83.80, varying between €16.89 and €1,820.09. We validated five reimbursement forms by visiting the facility and recalculating the costs. We found a non-significant positive difference of €26.07 compared with the original data (p = 0.068). CONCLUSIONS: This study is to our knowledge the first to give a national overview of total costs associated with an MRSA outbreak in LTCF in the Netherlands. Overall, costs per patient per day seem lower than in a hospital setting, although total costs are much higher due to the long term of care. |
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spelling | pubmed-62582362018-12-06 Cost analysis of outbreaks with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Dutch long-term care facilities (LTCF) van Rijt, Antonius M. Dik, Jan-Willem H. Lokate, Mariëtte Postma, Maarten J. Friedrich, Alex W. PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVES: Highly resistant microorganisms (HRMOs) are of high concern worldwide and are becoming increasingly less susceptible for antibiotics. To study the cost effectiveness of infection prevention measures in long-term care, it is essential to first fully understand the impact of HRMOs. The objective of this study is to identify the costs associated with outbreaks caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Dutch long-term care facilities (LTCF). METHODS: After an outbreak of MRSA, Dutch LTCF can submit a reimbursement form to the Dutch Healthcare Authority (“Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit”; NZa) to get a part of the total costs reimbursed. In this study, we requested NZa forms for financial impact analysis. Details regarding the costs of the outbreak have been extracted from these forms and additionally specific LTCF have been visited in person to validate the data. RESULTS: 34 complete reimbursement forms from the period between 2011 and 2016 were received from the NZa and have been included. The median cost per patient per day was estimated at €83.80, varying between €16.89 and €1,820.09. We validated five reimbursement forms by visiting the facility and recalculating the costs. We found a non-significant positive difference of €26.07 compared with the original data (p = 0.068). CONCLUSIONS: This study is to our knowledge the first to give a national overview of total costs associated with an MRSA outbreak in LTCF in the Netherlands. Overall, costs per patient per day seem lower than in a hospital setting, although total costs are much higher due to the long term of care. Public Library of Science 2018-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6258236/ /pubmed/30475904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208092 Text en © 2018 van Rijt et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article van Rijt, Antonius M. Dik, Jan-Willem H. Lokate, Mariëtte Postma, Maarten J. Friedrich, Alex W. Cost analysis of outbreaks with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Dutch long-term care facilities (LTCF) |
title | Cost analysis of outbreaks with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Dutch long-term care facilities (LTCF) |
title_full | Cost analysis of outbreaks with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Dutch long-term care facilities (LTCF) |
title_fullStr | Cost analysis of outbreaks with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Dutch long-term care facilities (LTCF) |
title_full_unstemmed | Cost analysis of outbreaks with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Dutch long-term care facilities (LTCF) |
title_short | Cost analysis of outbreaks with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Dutch long-term care facilities (LTCF) |
title_sort | cost analysis of outbreaks with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) in dutch long-term care facilities (ltcf) |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6258236/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30475904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208092 |
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