Cost-effectiveness of Procalcitonin (PCT) guidance for antibiotics management of adult sepsis patients in the Egyptian context
In the Egyptian context, PCT guidance has no cost-effectiveness domination over no PCT guidance in Antibiotics management for adult sepsis patients. This may be attributed to the high cost of PCT investigation that shall be resolved by standardization of its cost when applying the approach of DRG cost packages.
Authors
- Hesham Metwalli Mousli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7757-4975)
- Mohamed Metwally Mosly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7559-3213)
- I. Ahmed
- Mohamed Ibrahim Affify Abdou
Institutions
- Cairo University (EG)
- Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport (EG)
- Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport (EG)
- Alexandria University (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11675-9
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16
Funders
- Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
- Science and Technology Development Fund