The global challenge of antimicrobial resistance: insights from economic analysis.
The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AR) limits the therapeutic options for treatment of infections, and increases the social benefit from disease prevention. Like an environmental resource, antimicrobials require stewardship. The effectiveness of an antimicrobial agent is a global public good. We argue for greater use of economic analysis as an input to policy discussion about AR, including for understanding the incentives underlying health behaviors that spawn AR, and to supplement other methods of tracing the evolution of AR internationally. We also discuss integrating antimicrobial stewardship into global health governance.
Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. karene@stanford.edu
Karen
K
Eggleston
Ruifang
R
Zhang
Richard J
RJ
Zeckhauser
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics* / Q000382:microbiology*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents