Table 4 Expected costs of the inpatient MRSA management strategy with variable opportunity costs
Scenario | Description | Expected costs of inpatient MRSA management |
|---|---|---|
1 | Basic scenario (preemptive isolation and isolation if MRSA positive) | €672.51 |
2 | No preemptive isolation of the screened patient, but isolation if MRSA positive while decolonization | €196.39 |
3 | Inpatient MRSA management without isolation of the patient (no opportunity costs) | €54.94 |