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. 2021 Mar;15(2):202-205.
doi: 10.1111/irv.12808. Epub 2020 Oct 12.

Costs of a clinical pathway with point-of-care testing during influenza epidemic in a Dutch hospital

Sierk D Marbus  1 , Suzanne P M Lutgens  2 , Arianne B van Gageldonk-Lafeber  1 , Eric H L C M Hazenberg  2 , Mirjam H A Hermans  2 , Anita W M Suijkerbuijk  1
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Costs of a clinical pathway with point-of-care testing during influenza epidemic in a Dutch hospital

Sierk D Marbus et al. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

Our study aim was to determine how a new clinical pathway, including PCR-based influenza point-of-care test (POCT), influences the hospitalisation costs of patients suspected of influenza presenting at the emergency department of a Dutch hospital during two consecutive influenza epidemics (2016-2017 and 2017-2018). Compared to mean costs per patient of €3661 in 2016-2017, the implementation of this new clinical pathway with influenza POCT in 2017 was associated with mean costs per influenza-positive patient of €2495 in 2017-2018 (P = .3). Our study suggests favourable economic results regarding a new clinical pathway with influenza POCT, reflecting a more efficient care of patients suspected of influenza presenting at the emergency department.

Keywords: clinical pathway; hospitalisation costs; influenza; point-of-care testing.

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