Abstract：
BACKGROUND:Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is among the most common health care-associated infections in the United States and is increasingly affecting the elderly. Although carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections are still relatively uncommon, there are reported increases in the rate of infection for certain strains, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae. This study examines the burden of mortality and morbidity for CDI and CRE infections in the United States and estimates the societal willingness to pay to avoid them. METHODS:We use an analytic model to estimate the number of incident cases and associated health outcomes for CDI and CRE infections. RESULTS:The number of CDI and CRE infection incident cases in the United States in 2016, is estimated at 468,567 and 9,620, respectively. These infections result in a total of 17,630 estimated deaths and 8,624 lost quality-adjusted life years among patients who survive per year. CONCLUSIONS:Given the significant mortality and morbidity from these infections, the estimated societal willingness to pay to avoid them is high at $176.7 billion per year, of which 93.9% ($166.0 billion) is for CDI. Our estimates far exceed the medical care costs for CDIs and CRE infections reported in the literature despite not capturing the additional costs borne by third-party payers. As incident cases increase or resistant strains develop, the societal willingness to pay is also expected to increase.
journal_name
Am J Infect Controljournal_title
American journal of infection controlauthors
Sertkaya A,Wong HH,Ertis DH,Jessup Adoi
10.1016/j.ajic.2018.11.008subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-05-01 00:00:00pages
521-526issue
5eissn
0196-6553issn
1527-3296pii
S0196-6553(18)31097-6journal_volume
47pub_type
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