Teresa M Wozniak1, Emily J Bailey2, Nicholas Graves2. 1. Menzies School of Health Research, Royal Darwin Hospital, Rocklands Drive, Tiwi, Darwin, Northern Territory, 0810,Australia. 2. Centre for Research Excellence, Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections, Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation,Queensland University of Technology,Queensland,Australia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the additional health and economic burden of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) infections in Australian hospitals. METHODS: A simulation model based on existing evidence was developed to assess the additional mortality and costs of healthcare-associated AMR Escherichia coli (E. coli), Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecium, and Staphylococcus aureus infections. SETTING: Australian public hospitals. FINDINGS: Australian hospitals spent an additional AUD$5.8 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI], $2.2-$11.2 million) per year treating ceftriaxone-resistant E.coli bloodstream infections (BSI), and an estimated AUD$5.5 million per year (95% UI, $339,633-$22.7 million) treating MRSA patients. There are no reliable estimates of excess morbidity and mortality from AMR infections in sites other than the blood and in particular for highly prevalent AMR E. coli causing urinary tract infections (UTIs). CONCLUSION: The limited evidence-base of the health impact of resistant infection in UTIs limits economic studies estimating the overall burden of AMR. Such data are increasingly important and are urgently needed to support local clinical practice as well as national and global efforts to curb the spread of AMR.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the additional health and economic burden of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) infections in Australian hospitals. METHODS: A simulation model based on existing evidence was developed to assess the additional mortality and costs of healthcare-associated AMR Escherichia coli (E. coli), Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecium, and Staphylococcus aureus infections. SETTING: Australian public hospitals. FINDINGS: Australian hospitals spent an additional AUD$5.8 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI], $2.2-$11.2 million) per year treating ceftriaxone-resistant E.coli bloodstream infections (BSI), and an estimated AUD$5.5 million per year (95% UI, $339,633-$22.7 million) treating MRSA patients. There are no reliable estimates of excess morbidity and mortality from AMR infections in sites other than the blood and in particular for highly prevalent AMR E. coli causing urinary tract infections (UTIs). CONCLUSION: The limited evidence-base of the health impact of resistant infection in UTIs limits economic studies estimating the overall burden of AMR. Such data are increasingly important and are urgently needed to support local clinical practice as well as national and global efforts to curb the spread of AMR.
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