Analysis of cost-effectiveness of antimicrobial agents prescribed in tertiary care rural setup of central India

Author:

Kaikade Swapnil1,Paise Nitin2

Affiliation:

1. S

2. Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India

Abstract

Antimicrobial agents are most commonly prescribed drug and share major cost of the treatment. In india, health insurance doesn’t cover all people leading to out-of-pocket expenditure. To study the cost-effectiveness of Antimicrobial agents and to recommend the proper therapeutic strategy for the use antimicrobial agents.The present cross sectioned study was carried out in by collecting data from admitted patient’s case paper, tabulated in seven groups of disease and four groups of antimicrobial agents, scrutinized for its pharmacoeconomics. Statistical analysis done by using Fisher’s Z- test. Antimicrobials should be preferably prescribed after culture sensitivity test so as to avoid wastage of money spent on empirically prescribed non-sensitive antimicrobials. In the current study Staphylococci, E.coli then Klebsiella are found to be most commonly found organism in the samples, which can help as a guideline for prescribing antimicrobial therapy.

Publisher

IP Innovative Publication Pvt Ltd

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science

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