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Our aim was to evaluate the cost of developing and implementing a penicillin allergy referral program for pregnant individuals at an academic institution and to compare costs of care between patients who were referred and not referred through the program.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Study Design\u2003We conducted an economic analysis of our institution's antepartum penicillin allergy referral program. We prospectively collected detailed resource utilization data and conducted the analysis from the program's perspective, accounting for costs related to program development, allergy verification, antibiotic cost, and delivery hospitalization. Costs were compared between patients who were referred for evaluation versus patients who were not referred using bivariate tests as well as quantile regression adjusting for baseline differences. A sensitivity analysis was performed for allergy testing cost. All cost estimates were inflation adjusted to 2021 U.S. dollars.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Results\u2003The startup cost of program development and educational initiatives was $19,920, or 86 per patient. The median allergy evaluation cost was $397 (interquartile range: $303\u2013663). There was no significant difference in maternal (median: $13,579 vs. 13,999, p\u2009=\u20090.94) or neonatal (median: $3,565 vs. 3,577, p\u2009=\u20090.55) delivery hospitalization cost or antibiotic cost (median: $1.57 vs. 3.87, p\u2009=\u20090.10) between referred and nonreferred patients. Overall, the total cost per person did not differ significantly between study groups (median: $18,931 vs. 18,314, p\u2009=\u20090.69).<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Conclusion\u2003The cost of developing a penicillin allergy referral program in pregnancy was modest and did not significantly alter short-term cost of care with potential for long-term cost benefit. Verification of a reported penicillin allergy is an integral part of antibiotic stewardship, and the pregnancy period should be utilized as an important opportunity to perform this evaluation.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Key Points\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2278-9279","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,29]],"date-time":"2024-02-29T23:55:17Z","timestamp":1709250917000},"page":"1290-1297","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["The Cost of Developing and Implementing an Antepartum Referral Program for Penicillin Allergy Evaluation at a Single Academic Tertiary Care Hospital"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"41","author":[{"given":"Martina S.","family":"Burn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut"},{"name":"Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 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