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Table 2 Studies describing hospital costs among patients with resistant and multi-drug resistant Enterococcus

From: Economic burden of antibiotic resistance in ESKAPE organisms: a systematic review

Author

Bacteria

Comparison

Description of cost

Median cost in 2015 USD

Mean cost in 2015 USD

Case

Control

Median cost

Case

Control

Increase

Ratio

P-value

Mean cost

Case

Control

Increase

Ratio

P-value

Butler et al. [58]

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

Total hospital cost

Median (IQR)

48,121(18640–107,280)

23,880(1443–47,862)

24,241(17197–59,418)

2.02

< 0.001

      

Enterococcus

VRE

Without infection

Total hospital cost

Median (IQR)

48,121(18640–107,280)

9362(6417–15,423)

38,759(12223–91,857)

5.14

< 0.001

      

Ford et al. [59]

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

Total hospital cost

Median

177,503

88,751

88,751

2.00

0.0003

      

Kramer et al. [60]

E. faecium

VRE

VSE

Total hospital cost

Median (IQR)

89,241(53110–174,619)

56,967(24993–132,854)

32,274(28117–41,765)

1.57

< 0.000

      

Cheah et al. [61]

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

Total hospital cost

Median (IQR)

86,286(47297–170,205)

43,051(27497–99,883)

43,235(19800–70,322)

2.00

0.0020

      

Lloyd-Smith et al. [62]

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

Total hospital cost

      

Mean (SD)

46,924(55881)

55,881(17783)

33,855(38098)

3.59

< 0.0001

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

Excess total hospital cost

     

Mean (95% CI)

    

> 0.05

Adams et al. [63]

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

Total hospital cost

      

Mean (95% CI)

51,020(43463–59,891)

43,463(37797–48,434)

8233(5666–11,457)

1.19

0.0040

Gearhart et al. [64]

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

Total hospital cost

      

Mean

81,106

36,705

44,401

2.21

< 0.07

Webb et al. [65]

E. faecium

VRE

VSE

Total hospital cost

      

Mean

158,795

97,472

61,323

1.63

< 0.05

Carmeli et al. [66]

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

Total hospital charge

      

Mean

77,473

47,142

30,331

1.64

< 0.001

Nguyen et al. [67]

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

Total hospital charge

      

Mean

77,084

26,600

50,484

2.90

< 0.0001

Jung et al. [68]

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

Total hospital cost

      

Mean

11,741

9877

1864

1.19

0.2680

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

ICU cost

      

Mean

6071

5303

768

1.14

0.0290

Puchter et al. [69]

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

Total hospital cost

Median (IQR)

93,044(55258–200,170)

61,858(33672–123,176)

31,186(21587–76,994)

1.50

0.0300

      

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

Hospital cost before culture

Median (IQR)

28,866(17204–51,932)

26,780(11894–39,884)

  

0.3860

      

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

Hospital cost after culture

Median (IQR)

61,257(28693–130,128)

19,399(16652–65,441)

41,857(12041–64,686)

3.16

0.0490

      

Jiang et al. [70]

Enterococcus

VRE

VSE

Antibiotic cost

Median

3406

1031

2375

3.30

< 0.0001

Mean (SD)

5009(3361)

3361(1612)

3071(1749)

2.58

< 0.0001

Pelz et al. [71]

Enterococcus

VRE

Without infection

ICU cost

Median

50,187

28,494

21,693

1.76

0.0300

      

Song et al. [72]

Enterococcus

VRE

Without infection

Total hospital charge

Median

170,917

64,235

106,682

2.66

< 0.05

      

Engler Husch et al. [57]

Enterococcus

VRE

Without colonizaiton

Excess total hospital cost

     

Mean (95% CI)

  

1167(802–1533)

 

< 0.01

  1. VRE vancomycin resistant Enterococcus, VSE vancomycin susceptible Enterococcus, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range, USD the United States Dollars, SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval