Do Derm Consults Reduce Cellulitis Hospital Stays and/or Antibiotic Use?
February 26, 2018Cellulitis can be a costly infection for hospitals as studies place the cost around $4.5 billion of health care spending. Inappropriate diagnosis and treatment of cellulitis leads to unnecessary antibiotic use and that translates into somewhere between $195 and $515 million in avoidable health care costs each year. A recent study examined whether including a …