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Association between antibiotic resistance in intensive care unit (ICU)–acquired infections and excess resource utilization: Evidence from Spain, Italy, and Portugal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2021

Miquel Serra-Burriel Open the ORCID record for Miquel Serra-Burriel [Opens in a new window] ,
Carlos Campillo-Artero ,
Antonella Agodi ,
Martina Barchitta  and
Guillem López-Casasnovas
Miquel Serra-Burriel*
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Health and Economics, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Carlos Campillo-Artero
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Health and Economics, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain Balearic Islands Health Service, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Antonella Agodi
Affiliation:
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “GF Ingrassia,” University of Catania, Catania, Italy GISIO-SItI: Italian Study Group of Hospital Hygien—Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Rome, Italy
Martina Barchitta
Affiliation:
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “GF Ingrassia,” University of Catania, Catania, Italy GISIO-SItI: Italian Study Group of Hospital Hygien—Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Rome, Italy
Guillem López-Casasnovas
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Health and Economics, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
*
Author for correspondence: Miquel Serra-Burriel, E-mail: miquel.serraburriel@uzh.ch
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Abstract

Background:

Intensive care unit (ICU)–acquired infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria have been associated with substantial health and economic costs. Moreover, southern Europe has historically reported high levels of antimicrobial resistance.

Objectives:

We estimated the attributable economic burden of ICU-acquired infections due to resistant bacteria based upon hospital excess length of stay (LOS) in a selected sample of southern European countries.

Methods:

We studied a cohort of adult patients admitted to the ICU who developed an ICU-acquired infection related to an invasive procedure in a sample of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese hospitals between 2008 and 2016, using data from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) released by the European Centers for Disease Control (ECDC). We analyzed the association between infections with selected antibiotic-resistant bacteria of public health importance and excess LOS using regression, matching, and time-to-event methods. We controlled for several confounding factors as well as time-dependent biases. We also computed the associated economic burden of excess resource utilization for each selected country.

Results:

In total, 13,441 patients with at least 1 ICU-acquired infection were included in the analysis: 4,106 patients (30.5%) were infected with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, whereas 9,335 patients (69.5%) were infected with susceptible bacteria. The unadjusted association between resistance status and excess LOS was 7 days (95% CI, 6.13–7.87; P < .001). Fully adjusted models yielded significantly lower estimates: 2.76 days (95% CI, 1.98–3.54; P < .001) in the regression model, 2.60 days (95% CI, 1.66–3.55; P < .001) in the genetic matching model, and a hazard ratio of 1.15 (95% CI, 1.11–1.19; P < .001) in the adjusted Cox regression model. These estimates, alongside the prevalence of resistance, translated into direct hospitalization attributable costs per ICU-acquired infection of 5,224€ (95% CI, 3,691–6,757) for Spain, 4,461€ (95% CI, 1,948–6,974) for Portugal, and 4,320€ (95% CI, 1,662–6,977) for Italy.

Conclusions:

ICU-acquired infections associated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria are substantially associated with a 15% increase in excess LOS and resource utilization in 3 southern European countries. However, failure to appropriately control for significant confounders inflates estimates by ∼2.5-fold.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 43 , Issue 10 , October 2022 , pp. 1360 - 1367
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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