Researchers conducted a model-based economic evaluation to find the cost-effective healthcare intervention for lowering C. diff rates. They synthesized efficacy evidence from research literature and used it to inform the effectiveness of both bundled approaches and stand-alone interventions for C. diff.
Researchers found a bundled approach of improving hand hygiene and environmental cleaning results is the best combination of increased health benefits and cost-savings related to C. diff treatment. The bundled approach has the highest mean net monetary benefit when compared to all other interventions.
“These findings provide healthcare decision-makers with novel information about the allocation of scarce resources relating to Clostridium difficile,” study authors concluded.
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