The Problem
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Reports
Extending the Cure: Policy Responses to the Growing Threat of Antibiotic Resistance
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Table 8.1 - Policy table outlining the incentive-based policies discussed in the report including pros, cons, and actors involved.
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Antibiotic resistance: The unfolding crisis
The epidemiology of antibiotic resistance: Policy levers
Patient and physician demand for antibiotics
The role of health care facilities
The role of federal government
Hospitalizations and Deaths Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, United States, 1999-2005
Authored by Eili Klien, David L. Smith and Ramanan Laxminarayan
Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2007
Hospital-acquired infections with Staphylococcus aureus, especially methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections, are a major cause of illness and death and impose serious economic costs on
patients and hospitals. However, the recent magnitude and trend of these infections has not been
reported. We used national hospitalization and resistance data to estimate the annual number of hospitalizations and deaths associated with S. aureus and MRSA from 1999 through 2005.
(December 2007)
Which MRSA is it?
Extending the Cure compares MRSA in communities with the MRSA that has plagued hospitals for decades.Download the PDF (March 2008)
Legislative Roundup for 2007
Extending the Cure provides an overview of state and national bills introduced in 2007 legislative sessions aimed at reducing antibiotic resistance.Download the PDF (January 2008)
Counting MRSA Cases
Extending the Cure compares two recent studies that, despite using different methods and data, both find that MRSA is a serious issue throughout the United States.
The States Take Action
Extending the Cure examines current state legislation requiring the reporting, control, and prevention of healthcare-associated infections.
Download the PDF (November 2007)
Can Vaccines Reduce Antibiotic Use?
Extending the Cure outlines the successes and challenges of pneumococcal vaccination, one strategy to prevent infections in light of increasing antibiotic resistance.
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MRSA Rates and Trends: A Foundation for Future Analysis
In December 2007, Extending the Cure (ETC) researchers Eili Klein, David Smith, and Ramanan Laxminarayan published the first analysis of recent trends in MRSA—methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus—in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. An ETC policy brief (Counting MRSA Cases) describes the results of this study and a recent study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), detailing MRSA statistics from 2005.
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