. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 14.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Board Fam Med. 2013 Sep-Oct;26(5):508–517. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.05.120247

Table 1.

Estimated Additional Costs of Treatment Failure

Intervention	Cost (in 2011 U.S. Dollars)^*
Hospital admission ¹⁷	$17,591.07
Outpatient incision & drainage ²⁰	$2,130.96
Emergency department visit ¹⁸	$754.84
Antibiotics ³⁴	Bacitracin ointment	$5.23/tube
	Mupirocin ointment	$0.31/25gm
	Cephalexin 500mg capsules	$0.11/capsule
	Ciprofloxacin 500mg tablets	$0.15/tablet
	Clindamycin 300mg capsules	$0.20/capsule
	Clindamycin 150mg capsules	$0.07/capsule
	Doxycycline 100mg capsules	$0.04/capsule
	Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole double-strength tablets	$0.04/tablet
	Clindamycin 600mg IV solution	$2.24/600mg

All costs were discounted to 2011 U.S. dollars using National Medical Consumer Price Index (MCPI) inflation rates²⁰