Cost effectiveness of adherence to IDSA/ATS guidelines in elderly patients hospitalized for Community-Aquired Pneumonia

Table 3 Cost and Utility Estimations^a

	ICU	Ward
Daily Intravenous Antibiotic Cost ($)^b
Adherent	41.82	30.61
Over-Treated	64.85	43.91
Under-Treated	36.57	34.97
Daily Oral Antibiotic Cost ($)^b
Adherent	12.58	14.75
Over-Treated	20.50	23.10
Under-Treated	9.28	9.53
Daily Hospital Cost ($)^c	5132 (4767) – 3825 (2658)	1060 (1141)
Utility^d
Admission Status	0.3 (0.063)	0.53 (0.10)
Clinically Stable	0.82 (0.13)	0.82 (0.13)
Discharge	1	1
Dead	0	0

^a Reported as mean (standard deviation)
^b Daily intravenous and oral antibiotic costs were estimated based on 2013 US wholesale prices from University of Louisville Hospital (Additional file 1)
^c Daily hospitalization costs were estimated from Dasta et al. [22] for ICU and Kaplan et al. [23] for ward
^d Daily utility estimates were based on a questionnaire administered to a panel of six experts (Additional file 2)

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