cdiff costs

cdiffcosts.md

Data Table for Cost-Effectiveness

Column Name	Description
mc	Sim Number
uid	Patient unique ID
duration.stay.days	?
isolation.days	?
symptom.days	?
is.symptomatic	T/F if patient is symptomatic
is.vax	T/F if patient is vaccinated
has.colectomy	T/F if patient undergoes colectomy surgery

Verified Costs (Point estimates)

All costs Canadian, 2012 - 2014 numbers.

Pharma		Surgery		Fees		Tests
Vancomycin	347	Colectomy	1700	Consultation	65	Diagnostic	10-20
Metro	39	Enterocolitis	12 192	in patient consult	157
Fidax	2405			Hospitalization, initial case	11 928

Question: who gets what pharmacotherapy? Medication is given based on mild, moderate, severe CDI infection. Can we get this data?

Cost calculation flowchart

For every patient we will have a diagnostic fee to check whether they have Cdiff or not. I have a reference that says this is done quite often, particularly in Toronto hospitals.

So we have

if duration.stay.days > 0 
	
end if

if is.symptomatic == TRUE
	+diagnostic fee (testing fee)
	+medication cost (metro, vancomycin, fidax) -- randomly sampled?
	+inpatient consultation cost
	+hospitalization
	
	if has.colectomy 
		+colectomy cost
	end if    	
end if