Health Services Utilization and Clinical Outcomes: Comparing MRSA to MSSA Cases of Post-partum <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Breast Abscess During the Year after Post-Partum Discharge.

1<p>Wilcoxon rank-sum test, Chi-square, or Fisher’s Exact Test used as appropriate.</p>2<p>Data missing for 5/54 patients.</p>3<p>Includes only severe adverse allergic reactions, including hives and severe skin rash. Minor complications excluded.</p>4<p>Includes relevant office visits to obstetrics and gynecology (excluding routine post-partum care, preventive care, and visits for contraception), infectious diseases, breast surgery, internal medicine, and dermatology. No patients in the matched cohort study received allergy and immunology outpatient visits.</p

Cost Estimate Methodologies.

1<p>HSU = Health services utilization. Cost per service based on Medicare Fee Schedules.</p>2<p>Direct medical costs include those directly related to services provided, such as inpatient stay, outpatient office visits, laboratory and radiographic testing.</p>3<p>Indirect medical costs include facility operating costs, such as building costs, electricity costs, and costs of equipment.</p>4<p>“All” indicates that all direct medical costs, including those that may not be related to a diagnosis of post-partum breast abscess were included in the estimate of cost. “Potentially relevant” indicates that only direct medical costs related to potentially relevant services (such as visits to internal medicine, obstetrics, infectious diseases, and radiology) were included in the estimate of cost. “Disease-attributable” indicates that only services attributable to the diagnosis of post-partum breast abscess were included in the estimate of cost.</p

Health Services Utilization and Clinical Outcomes Among Women During the Year After Post-Partum Discharge: Matched Cohort Study Results.

1<p>Wilcoxon rank-sum test, Fisher’s exact test or Chi square test used as appropriate.</p>2<p>During the one-year period following post-partum discharge. Includes oral and intravenous antibiotics.</p>3<p>Includes relevant office visits to obstetrics and gynecology (excluding routine post-partum care, preventive care, and visits for contraception), infectious diseases, breast surgery, internal medicine, and dermatology. No patients in the matched cohort study had allergy/immunology outpatient visits.</p

Healthcare Costs of Post-partum <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Breast Abscess Compared to Non-infected Controls.

1<p>Includes all direct healthcare costs based on hospital fiscal databases during the one-year period following post-partum discharge.</p>2<p>Includes only potentially relevant healthcare costs based on hospital fiscal databases, such as inpatient readmission, relevant outpatient office visits, radiology, and laboratory costs.</p>3<p>Estimated by multiplying the number of units of each relevant healthcare service by Medicare reimbursement for each service.</p