Estimated costs and cost effectiveness of management strategies versus standard care: base-case analysis
Standard care | Clinical prediction | Targeted testing | Universal testing | |
Cost per patient (US$) | $0.14 | $0.25 | $2.41 | $14.52 |
Number of antibiotics per patient | 0.81 | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.71 |
Incremental cost per antibiotic prescription avoided (vs standard care) | NA | $3.0 | $49.1 | $138.3 |