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Table 2 Unit or days of utilization per resource category and study period (costs in SEK, 2015 price level)

From: A cost analysis of introducing an infectious disease specialist-guided antimicrobial stewardship in an area with relatively low prevalence of antimicrobial resistance

Type of resource/cost unita

Total number of days/units during stewardship intervention 2013

Total number of days/units during control period 2012

Implementation cost (units)

1

0

Hospital stay (days)

7193

7402

ID specialist time (units)

40

0

Resident physician time (units)

40

0

IV antibiotic treatment, materials (doses)

6472

7251

IV antibiotic treatment, nurse time (doses)

6472

7251

Hospital oral antibiotic treatment, nurse time (days)

1477

2975

Cefotaxim

1373

1882

bensylpenicillin

423

394

cloxacillin

226

202

ampicillin

6

5

piperacillin-tazobactam

270

206

meropenem

35

68

phenoxymethyl-penicillin

810

789

Amoxicillin

1109

1638

dicloxacillin

270

300

Ciprofloxacin

534

1110

trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

489

557

Tetracycline

409

794

Clindamycin

219

462

metronidazol

255

221

Nitrofurantoin

86

150

Pivmecillinam

283

427

Death within 28 days (no. of patients)

108

117

Readmission within 28 days (no. of patients)

180

203

  1. aAll antibiotic costs are in full days