Cost-Effectiveness Of Culture-Based Versus Empirical Antibiotic Treatment For Hospitalized Adults With Community-Acquired Pneumonia In Indonesia: A Real-World Patient-Database Study.
Abdul Khairul Rizki PurbaPurwantyastuti AscobatArmen MuchtarLaksmi WulandariJan-Willem DikAnnette d'ArqomMaarten J PostmaPublished in: ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR (2019)
Both sputum and blood cultures provide advantages for cost-saving and LE gains for hospitalized patients with CAP. CBT is cost-effective in patients all ages, PSI class III or above patients, and ICU patients.