Cost savings following faecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.

Emilie Dehlholm-LambertsenBianca K HallSimon Mark Dahl JørgensenChristine W JørgensenMia E JensenSara LarsenJosephine S JensenLars EhlersJens F DahlerupChristian Lodberg Hvas

Published in: Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology (2019)

In a public hospital with an implemented FMT service, the average cost of FMT applied by either colonoscopy or nasojejunal tube was €3,095. Total hospital costs dropped by 42% the first year after FMT. The reduction was mainly caused by reductions in the number of hospital admissions and in length of stay.

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