Clinical and cost impact of intravenous proton pump inhibitor use in non-ICU patients

Table 4 Cost analysis for inappropriate route of administration and indication

	Appropriate initial IV PPI use	Inappropriate initial IV PPI use
Candidate for switch	n = 82	n = 128
Cost of 40 mg IV PPI daily dose that could be avoided	$1681	$13 120
Cost of 40 mg PPI oral daily dose (if used instead of IV)	$184	$1434
Cost that could be avoided with the oral use	$1497	$11 686
Total cost that could be avoided with IV to po conversion	$13 183
Cost that could be avoided from	$17 732.5
Unjustified prophylactic use of IV PPI (n = 173)