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The Economics of Antimicrobial Stewardship: The Current State of the Art and Applying the Business Case Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kurt B. Stevenson ,
Joan-Miquel Balada-Llasat ,
Karri Bauer ,
Meredith Deutscher ,
Debra Goff ,
Mark Lustberg ,
Preeti Pancholi ,
Erica Reed ,
David Smeenk  and
Jeremy Taylor
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Kurt B. Stevenson*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Joan-Miquel Balada-Llasat
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Karri Bauer
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Ohio State University Medical Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Meredith Deutscher
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Debra Goff
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Ohio State University Medical Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Mark Lustberg
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Preeti Pancholi
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Erica Reed
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Ohio State University Medical Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
David Smeenk
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Ohio State University Medical Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Jeremy Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Ohio State University Medical Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Jessica West
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, NI122 Doan Hall, 410 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (kurt.stevenson@osumc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 4: Special Topic Issue: Antimicrobial Stewardship , April 2012 , pp. 389 - 397
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