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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-4
pubmed:abstractText
Respiratory infections place a heavy burden on patients, providers, employers, and health care systems. The prescribing of antibiotics is common, despite the fact that many respiratory conditions are caused by viruses. The economic effect of treating respiratory tract infections with broad-spectrum antibiotics was retrospectively analyzed by means of health care claims data from six managed care health plans affiliated with a large national insurer. A regression model was used to adjust for factors that can influence treatment costs, such as age, baseline cost, retreatment, and drug cost. The costs of treating chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, and acute sinusitis with moxifloxacin, gatifloxacin and nonfluoroquinolone broad-spectrum agents were significantly lower than the costs associated with levofloxacin treatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
H
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1096-5645
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
34-40, 55
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12841074-4-Quinolones, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Anti-Infective Agents, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Bronchitis, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Cost Sharing, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Drug Costs, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Independent Practice Associations, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Pneumonia, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Respiratory Tract Infections, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-Sinusitis, pubmed-meshheading:12841074-United States
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Costs of broad-spectrum antibiotic use for acute sinusitis, chronic bronchitis, and pneumonia in a managed care population.
pubmed:affiliation
Economic and Outcomes Research, Ingenix, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't