The Opportunity of Point-of-Care Diagnostics in General Practice: Modelling the Effects on Antimicrobial Resistance.

Simon van der PolDanielle E M C JansenAlexander W FriedrichChristopher C ButlerTheo J M VerheijAlex W FriedrichMaarten J PostmaAntoinette D I van Asselt

Published in: PharmacoEconomics (2022)

Our results show that implementing a hypothetical diagnostic strategy for all CA-ARTI patients in primary care raises the costs of consultations, while lowering antibiotic consumption and AMR. Novel health-economic methods to assess and communicate the potential benefits related to AMR may be required for interventions with limited gains for individual patients, but considerable potential related to antibiotic consumption and AMR.

Keyphrases

general practice
primary care
antimicrobial resistance
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
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peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
social media
climate change
health information