Assessment of Outpatient and Inpatient Antibiotic Treatment Patterns and Health Care Costs of Patients with Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

Relative to outpatient-treated patients, inpatient/ED-treated patients were older, sicker, had higher costs across treatment periods, and had reduced antibiotic use at a lower rate during the 90-day follow-up. Strategies to avoid preventable inpatient/ED visits may help reduce costs in the management of outpatients with complicated UTIs.