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Table 6 Studies describing hospital costs among patients with resistant and multi-drug resistant P. aeruginosa

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

Chen et al. [91]

P. aeruginosa

CRPA

CSPA

Total hospital cost

Median (IQR)

6122(3230–13,779)

3191(1860–7313)

2932(1370–6466)

1.92

< 0.001

      

P. aeruginosa

CRPA

CSPA

Total hospital cost

Median (IQR)

5743(3147–11,957)

4678(2602–9596)

1065(545–2361)

1.23

0.0150

      

Lautenbach et al. [92]

P. aeruginosa

IRPA

ISPA

Total hospital cost

Median (IQR)

111,871(39270–313,857)

66,549(26338–180,391)

45,322(12931–133,466)

1.68

< 0.001

      

Gasink et al. [93]

P. aeruginosa

Fluoroquinolones resistant P. aeruginosa

Fluoroquinolones susceptible P. aeruginosa

Total hospital charge

Median (IQR)

85,729(30439–259,944)

67,033(25805–171,704)

18,696(4634–88,239)

1.28

0.0080

      

Morales et al. [94]

P. aeruginosa

MDR

Non-resistant

Total hospital cost

Median (IQR)

9810(7033–15,036)

4132(2987–5058)

5678(4046–9978)

2.37

< 0.001

Mean (95% CI)

22,503(17445–27,560)

17,445(5765–8780)

15,231(11680–18,780)

3.09

< 0.001

P. aeruginosa

Resistant

Non-resistant

Total hospital cost

Median (IQR)

8961(7119–11,865)

4132(2987–5058)

4829(4132–6808)

2.17

< 0.001

Mean (95% CI)

18,207(13058–23,358)

13,058(5765–8780)

10,935(7293–14,578)

2.50

< 0.000

Xu et al. [51]

P. aeruginosa

MDR

Non-MDR

Total hospital cost

      

Mean (SD)

13,820(9536)

9536(5450)

9973(4087)

3.59

< 0.001

P. aeruginosa

MDR

Non-MDR

Antibiotic cost

      

Mean (SD)

884(321)

321(322)

559(−1)

2.72

< 0.001

Lautenbach et al. [95]

P. aeruginosa

IRPA

ISPA

Hospital cost after culture

     

Mean (95% CI)

295,529(241780–349,278)

241,780(177913–212,678)

100,234(63867–136,600)

1.51

< 0.001

Gasink et al. [96]

P. aeruginosa

Aztreonam resistant P. aeruginosa

Aztreonam susceptible P. aeruginosa

Hospital charge after culture

Median

94,483

65,131

29,352

1.45

0.0100

      

Eagye et al. [97]

P. aeruginosa

MRPA

MSPA

Total cost (direct and indirect)

Median (IQR)

103,907(28591–188,951)

33,631(13529–103,906)

70,276(15062–85,045)

3.09

< 0.001

      

P. aeruginosa

MRPA

Without infection

Total cost (direct and indirect)

Median (IQR)

103,907(28591–188,951)

26,563(18012–41,908)

77,344(10579–147,042)

3.91

< 0.001

      
  1. CRPA carbapenem resitance P. aeruginosa, CSPA carbapenem susceptible P. aeruginosa, IRPA imipenem resitance P. aeruginosa, ISPA imipenem susceptible P. aeruginosa, MRPA meropenem resitance P. aeruginosa, MSPA meropenem susceptible P. aeruginosa, MDR multi-drug resistance, IQR interquartile range, USD the United States Dollars, SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval