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Table 5 Costs per 1,000 patients of plasma CMV viral load testing, anti-CMV drugs, bronchoscopy, and gastrointestinal endoscopy

From: Diagnostic stewardship to limit repeat plasma cytomegalovirus viral load testing

 

Pre-intervention (Thai Baht)

Post-intervention (Thai Baht)

Overall plasma CMV VL testing

15,133,333.33

12,804,088.05

Plasma CMV VL testing in intervals of < 5 days

2,646,048.11

1,360,062.89

Anti-CMV drugs

37,807,832.65

19,856,072.01

Bronchoscopy

514,089.35

365,408.81

Gastrointestinal endoscopy

487,608.25

537,069.18

  1. Abbreviations: CMV Cytomegalovirus, VL Viral load