Health care resource utilization and costs of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in the elderly: A real-world claims analysis

Health care resource utilization and costs of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in the elderly: A real-world claims analysis

BACKGROUND: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) affected an estimated 365,000 persons in the United States in 2017. Despite a nationally decreasing trend of CDI cases, the population incidence of recurrent CDI (rCDI) has not improved. Elderly individuals (aged ≥ 65 years) are at higher risk of...

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Main Authors: Boules, M. (Author), Feuerstadt, P. (Author), Nelson, W.W (Author), Parente, A. (Author), Scott, T.A (Author), Teigland, C. (Author), Unni, S. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) 2021
Subjects:
aged
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
article
Clostridioides
Clostridium infection
Clostridium Infections
cohort analysis
controlled study
Databases, Factual
economics
emergency ward
factual database
female
follow up
health care planning
Health Resources
hospital admission
hospital patient
human
Humans
insurance
Insurance Claim Review
major clinical study
male
medicare
Medicare
nonhuman
outpatient
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
patient attitude
Recurrence
recurrence risk
recurrent disease
responsibility
Retrospective Studies
retrospective study
United States
very elderly
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