Economic Evaluation of a Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Prevention Program in Nursing Homes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the economic effect and cost effectiveness of a targeted catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention intervention in the nursing home (NH) setting.

Design

Randomized clinical trial.

Setting

Community-based NHs (N=12).

Participants

NH residents with indwelling urinary catheters (N=418).

Intervention

Standard care versus infection prevention program involving barrier precautions, active surveillance, and NH staff education.

Measurements

Costs of the intervention, costs of disease, and health outcomes were used to calculate an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for the intervention. Data came from intervention results and the literature and outcomes were analyzed over one year.

Results

A 120-bed NH woul

SUBMITTER: Hutton DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6374025 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature