TY - JOUR
T1 - The cost of a recalcitrant intravenous drug user with serial cases of endocarditis
T2 - Need for guidelines to improve the continuum of care
AU - Libertin, Claudia R.
AU - Camsari, Ulas M.
AU - Hellinger, Walter C.
AU - Schneekloth, Terry D.
AU - Rummans, Teresa A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We report a case of an intravenous drug user (IVDU) patient who had 4 episodes of endocarditis within a 2-year time period in rural Georgia. The institutional cost was approximately $380,000. The lack of an established transitional care plan for IVDUs to outpatient care is a common phenomenon at institutions. Guidelines are essential to optimize the quality of care rendered to IVDUs with such infections, to assist providers in utilizing limited resources, and to limit the cost to the institutions.
AB - We report a case of an intravenous drug user (IVDU) patient who had 4 episodes of endocarditis within a 2-year time period in rural Georgia. The institutional cost was approximately $380,000. The lack of an established transitional care plan for IVDUs to outpatient care is a common phenomenon at institutions. Guidelines are essential to optimize the quality of care rendered to IVDUs with such infections, to assist providers in utilizing limited resources, and to limit the cost to the institutions.
KW - IV substance use disorder with life-threatening infection
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U2 - 10.1016/j.idcr.2017.02.001
DO - 10.1016/j.idcr.2017.02.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85013314018
SN - 2214-2509
VL - 8
SP - 3
EP - 5
JO - IDCases
JF - IDCases
ER -