Table 3 The total cost of the stewardship intervention per resource category (in SEK, 2015 price level). The total yearly balance in each analysis is bolded

Implementation cost^a

13 620

0

13 620

1,2,3

Hospital stay

33 397 099

34 367 486

−970 387

3

ID specialist time

93 920

0

93 920

1,2,3

Resident physician time

61 440

0

61 440

2,3

IV antibiotic treatment, materials

101 610

113 841

−12 230

1,2,3

IV antibiotic treatment, nurse time

616 264

690 440

−74 176

2,3

Oral antibiotic treatment, nurse time

46 850

94 367

−47 517

2,3

cefotaxim

31 826

43 625

−11 799

1,2,3

bensylpenicillin

15 228

14 184

1 044

1,2,3

cloxacillin

9 017

8 059

958

1,2,3

ampicillin

1 512

1 260

252

1,2,3

piperacillin-tazobactam

11 745

8 961

2 784

1,2,3

meropenem

2 510

4 876

−2 366

1,2,3

phenoxymethyl-penicillin

5 759

5 610

149

1,2,3

amoxicillin

3 493

5 159

−1 666

1,2,3

dicloxacillin

5 298

5 886

−588

1,2,3

ciprofloxacin

2 777

5 772

−2 995

1,2,3

trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

2 763

3 147

−384

1,2,3

tetracycline

3 415

6 630

−3 215

1,2,3

clindamycin

3 226

6 805

−3 579

1,2,3

metronidazol

1 810

1 569

241

1,2,3

nitrofurantoin

302

527

−225

1,2,3

pivmecillinam

6 523

9 842

−3 319

1,2,3

Analysis one (yearly cost)

800 948

638 958

161 990

Analysis two (yearly cost)

2 684 569

2 679 456

5 113

Analysis three (yearly cost)

(89 517 026)

(92 034 920)

(−2 517 894)