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. 2023 Jan 17;3(1):e17. doi: 10.1017/ash.2022.369

Table 3.

Use of Comparator Group, Study End Points, and Study Results

Author Year Database Sample Size (Cases) Comparator Group Match Propensity Score Match Relevant End Points Results
Nelson WW, Scott TA, Boules M, et al 1 2021 Medicare 268,762 No No Resource use, costs Mean total all-cause direct costs were $76,024 for no CDI recurrence and $96,517 for at least 3 CDI recurrence episodes.
Duhalde L, Lurienne L, Wingen-Heimann SM, et al 17 2020 Truven Health MarketScan 622 Yes No Hospital LOS, inpatient costs The average cost for cancer and CDI was $196,524 versus $136,365 for cancer without CDI. The average time in the hospital was 23.1 days longer with CDI.
Feuerstadt P, Stong L, Dahdal DN, et al 2 2020 PharMetrics Plus 46,571 No No Costs The mean annual total all-cause direct medical costs per CDI patient were $71,980 with no recurrence and $207,733 for those with 3 or more recurrences.
Garg SK, Obaitan I, Sarvepalli S, et al 18 2020 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Emergency Department Sample 909,236 No No Charges, admission, hospital LOS There were 909,236 emergency department visits for CDI and 90% were admitted to the hospital. Charges per visit escalated to $2,900. LOS declined to 5.8 days.
Hall BR, Armijo PR, Leinicke JA, et al 19 2019 Vizient 1,059 No No Mortality, hospital LOS, costs More days from admission to surgery were associated with higher mortality, hospital LOS, infectious complications, and hospital charges.
Mollard S, Lurienne L, Heimann SM, et al 20 2019 Truven Health MarketScan 46,097 Yes for subset No Hospital LOS, inpatient costs Inpatients with CDI primary diagnosis had mean cost of $10,528 and LOS of 5.9 days. CDI as comorbidity had mean additional cost of $11,938 and added hospital LOS of 4.4 days.
Shrestha MP, Bime C, Taleban S 21 2018 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project national inpatient sample 587,799 No No Mortality, hospital LOS, costs Hospital charges for patients with a principal diagnosis of CDI increased from $24,535 in 2004 to $35,898 in 2014. Mortality decreased from 3.6% in 2004 to 1.6% in 2014.
Zhang D, Prabhu VS, Marcela SW 3 2018 Truven Health MarketScan 55,504 Yes Yes Hospital days, healthcare costs 24.8% of patients had recurrence. Average hospital days for CDI was 8.01 versus 2.81 for matched non-CDI. Average healthcare cost across all patients with primary CDI was $43,718 versus $19,513 for a matched group without CDI.
Kulayat AN, Rocourt DV, Podany AB, et al 36 2017 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Kids 1,438 Yes Yes Hospital LOS, inpatient costs The mean excess hospital LOS and costs attributable to CDI were 5.8 days and $12,801.
Kuntz JL, Baker JM, Kipnis P, et al 4 2017 Kaiser Permanente Northern California 4,174 Yes No (used “optimal matching algorithm”) Health resources Recurrent CDI patients had substantially higher levels of healthcare utilization than both patients with nonrecurrent CDI and patients that never had CDI.
Mehrotra P, Jang J, Gidengil C, et al 22 2017 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Kids 8,527 Yes Yes Hospital LOS, inpatient costs The attributable cost of CDI ranged from $1,917 to $8,317 and the increase in hospital LOS was 4 days.
Rodrigues R, Barber GE, Ananthakrishnan AN 5 2017 Partners Healthcare Network 98 No No Healthcare utilization, estimated costs 84% of patients had a CDI hospitalization and total CDI-associated cost was $34,104 per patient.
Zilberberg MD, Shorr AF, Jesdale WM, et al 20 2017 Medicare and Minimum Data Set 14,472 No No Hospital days, healthcare costs Adjusted excess hospital days per patient was 20.3 and Medicare reimbursements were $12,043 in the group with recurrence.
Shah DN, Aitken SL, Barragan LF, et al 7 2016 Single hospital 540 No No Recurrence, hospital LOS, costs 18% of primary CDI patients had a recurrence. Total hospital median hospital LOS and costs increased with recurrence.
Shorr AF, Zilberberg MD, Wang L, et al 23 2016 Medicare and Medicaid 6,838 Yes Yes Mortality and costs CDI was associated with near doubling of both mortality and total healthcare costs.
Yu H, Baser O, Wang U 24 2016 Medicare, Medicaid, and Minimum Data Set 32,807 Yes Yes Incidence, mortality, healthcare costs Total healthcare costs within 2 months following first CDI episode were significantly higher for CDI residents ($28,621 vs $13,644) for combined Medicare and Medicaid costs. Mortality rates higher in CDI group.
Drozd EM, Inocencio TJ, Braithwaite S, et al 25 2015 Medicare 3,262 Yes Yes Mortality and costs Patients with CDI have 1.87 times greater odds of inpatient mortality compared to those without CDI. Hospital LOS with CDI was 1.82 times greater than those without CDI. Patients with CDI had 1.16 times greater hospital cost than patients without CDI.
Gallagher JC, Reilly JP, Navalkele B, et al 26 2015 Premier 95 No No 90-day readmission Recurrence occurred in 20.4% of patients on fidaxomicin and 41.3% on vancomycin. Costs estimated to be $454,800 for vancomycin and $196,200 for fidaxomicin.
Magee G, Strauss ME, Thomas SM, et al 27 2015 Premier 84,225 Yes Yes Hospital LOS, inpatient costs Hospital LOS and total costs were higher with CDI than non-CDI.
Palli SR, Broderick KC, Quimbo RA, et al 28 2015 HealthCore Integrated Research 500 No No Resource use, costs Mean cost was $35,621 (SD $100,502). Two-thirds of patients had GI or ID consultation.
Dubberke ER, Schaefer E, Reske KA, et al 8 2014 Single hospital 421 No No Costs The attributable cost of recurrent CDI was $11,631.
Campbell R, Dean B, Nathanson B, et al 29 2013 Cerner 4,521 Yes Yes Hospital LOS, inpatient costs Adjusted total hospital LOS was significantly greater with CDI in 4 of 5 subgroups. Total hospital costs were greater with CDI in patients who were aged ≥65 years and those on antibiotics.
Quimbo RA, Palli WR, Singer J, et al 30 2013 HealthCore Integrated Research 21,177 Yes No Hospital LOS, inpatient costs Incremental hospital LOS and hospitalization cost was increased for CDI across all subgroups compared to matched groups.
Sammons JS, Localio R, Xiao R, et al 31 2013 Pediatric Health Information System 5,107 Yes Yes Mortality, hospital LOS, costs In-hospital mortality was higher with CDI than matched controls. Also, mean differences in hospital LOS and total cost were higher with both community-acquired and hospital-acquired CDI than matched controls.
Tabak YP, Zilberberg MD, Johannes RS, et al 32 2013 CareFusion 282 Yes Yes Mortality, hospital LOS, costs CDI patients had higher mortality, longer hospital LOS, and higher costs.
Lipp MJ, Nero DC, Callahan MA. 33 2012 New York State Department of Health 1,913 No No Charges and hospital LOS Hospital-acquired CDI impacted both charges ($29,000 increase) and hospital LOS (12 additional hospital days).
Pakyz A, Carroll NV, Harpe SE, et al 34 2011 University HealthSystem Consortium 10,857 Yes No Hospital LOS, inpatient costs Adjusted mean cost for patients with CDI was $55,769 compared to $28,609 for controls. There was also a longer hospital LOS with cases than controls.
Stewart DB, Hollenbeak CS 35 2011 Medicare 41,207 Yes Yes Mortality, hospital LOS, costs Mean cost of hospitalization, hospital LOS, and mortality were higher with CDI than matched controls.

Note. CDI, Clostridioides difficile infection; GI, gastrointestinal; ID, infectious disease; LOS, length of stay; NA, not applicable; SD, standard deviation.