TY - JOUR
T1 - Parenteral antibiotic usage patterns and effects of intravenous to oral switching on the length and cost of hospitalization
AU - Pranandari, Rengganis
AU - Supardi, Sudibyo
AU - Andrajati, Retnosari
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Innovare Academic Sciences Pvt Ltd.
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - Objective: The prolonged use of intravenous antibiotics might increase the length and cost of hospitalization. The research objective, therefore, was to evaluate the effect of switching antibiotics on the length of hospital stay and hospitalization cost. The prospective cohort research design was adopted. The inclusion criteria were in patients who had received intravenous antibiotics. Methods: The sample comprised 39 patients who switched antibiotics as an exposed group and 39 patients who did not switch as an unexposed group. The data were collected using the patient medical records and the financial data from the hospital information system. The Mann–Whitney test and Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test was applied in the analysis. Results: The results revealed that the antibiotics most commonly switched were intravenous ceftriaxone (83.3%) and oral cefixime (94.8%). From the five switching patterns observed, the most common switch was from intravenous ceftriaxone to oral cefixime in patients with acute gastroenteritis. All antibiotics were administered in accordance with the National Formulary (NF) guidelines. Only metronidazole (5 mg/ml dose) was inconsistent with NF. Switching antibiotics did not impact the length of hospital stay and hospitalization cost; however, comorbidities did have an influence here. Conclusions: Further, switching antibiotics impacted the duration over which intravenous antibiotics were administered and the cost of antibiotics.
AB - Objective: The prolonged use of intravenous antibiotics might increase the length and cost of hospitalization. The research objective, therefore, was to evaluate the effect of switching antibiotics on the length of hospital stay and hospitalization cost. The prospective cohort research design was adopted. The inclusion criteria were in patients who had received intravenous antibiotics. Methods: The sample comprised 39 patients who switched antibiotics as an exposed group and 39 patients who did not switch as an unexposed group. The data were collected using the patient medical records and the financial data from the hospital information system. The Mann–Whitney test and Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test was applied in the analysis. Results: The results revealed that the antibiotics most commonly switched were intravenous ceftriaxone (83.3%) and oral cefixime (94.8%). From the five switching patterns observed, the most common switch was from intravenous ceftriaxone to oral cefixime in patients with acute gastroenteritis. All antibiotics were administered in accordance with the National Formulary (NF) guidelines. Only metronidazole (5 mg/ml dose) was inconsistent with NF. Switching antibiotics did not impact the length of hospital stay and hospitalization cost; however, comorbidities did have an influence here. Conclusions: Further, switching antibiotics impacted the duration over which intravenous antibiotics were administered and the cost of antibiotics.
KW - Cost
KW - Length of stay
KW - Switching antibiotics
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U2 - 10.22159/ijap.2017.v9s1.44_50
DO - 10.22159/ijap.2017.v9s1.44_50
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85033684094
SN - 0975-7058
VL - 9
SP - 85
EP - 89
JO - International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics
JF - International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics
ER -