title: Costs of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs at US Children's Hospitals.
abstract: The costs of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) in children's hospitals have not been described previously. We assessed ASP costs using an online survey administered to ASP leaders at U.S. children's hospitals. ASP costs varied from $17,000 to $388,500 annually (median, $187,400). Overall costs were not correlated with hospital size. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;37:852-854.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Pediatrics,Columbia University Medical Center,New York,New York.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zachariah
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Pediatrics,Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics and University of Missouri-Kansas City,Kansas City,Missouri.
authors.forename: Jason G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Newland
authors.affiliation: 3Division of Infectious Diseases,The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Pediatrics,Columbia University Medical Center,New York,New York.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saiman
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Pediatrics,Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics and University of Missouri-Kansas City,Kansas City,Missouri.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.affiliation: 5Department of Pediatrics,University of Utah School of Medicine,Salt Lake City,Utah.
authors.forename: Adam L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hersh
mesh_terms: D000073602:Antimicrobial Stewardship / Q000191:economics*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States