Extending the cure : policy responses to the growing threat of antibiotic resistance / Ramanan Laxminarayan and Anup Malani ; with David Howard and David L. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laxminarayan, Ramanan.

Contributor:

Malani, Anup.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug resistance in microorganisms--United States.

Drug resistance in microorganisms.

Drug resistance in microorganisms--Government policy--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Other Title:

Policy responses to the growing threat of antibiotic resistance

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Resources for the Future, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Our ability to treat common bacterial infections with antibiotics goes back only 65 years. However, the authors of this report make it clear that sustaining a supply of effective and affordable antibiotics cannot be without changes to the incentives facing patients, physicians, hospitals, insurers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. In fact, increasing resistance to these drugs is already exacting a terrible price. Every day in the United States, approximately 172 men, women, and children die from infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals alone. Beyond those deaths, antibi

Contents:

Antibiotic resistance: the unfolding crisis / Ramanan Laxminarayan

The epidemiology of antibiotic resistance: policy levers / David Smith

Patient and physician demand for antibiotics / David Howard

The role of health care facilities / Ramanan Laxminarayan

The role of federal government / Ramanan Laxminarayan

The role of health insurance / Anup Malani

Supply-side strategies for tackling resistance / Anup Malani

Next steps / Ramanan Laxminarayan.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-136-52759-1

1-280-68706-1

9786613664006

1-136-52760-5

1-936331-08-X

9781936331086

OCLC:

670412183