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Table 1 Inclusion/exclusion criteria applied

From: The socioeconomic burden of antibiotic resistance in conflict-affected settings and refugee hosting countries: a systematic scoping review

Criteria Inclusion Exclusion
Population Humans Animals/Plants
All ages/sexes  
Individuals in FCASa  
Refugees or migrants in LMICa  
Intervention/Exposure Infections/colonization with an antibiotic resistant organism (Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacteriaceae (Escherichia coli and/or Klebsiella pneumonia), and/or Staphylococcus aureus) Tuberculosis
Comparator Susceptible infections/colonization or absence of infection/colonization  
Outcomes Associated health burden (mortality, morbidity …) Molecular biology only
All economic perspectives  
Associated healthcare cost burden, direct costs (resource use, opportunity cost …) Epidemiology only
Indirect costs (loss of productivity …)  
Intangible costs (decreased quality of life …)  
Study design Case-control studies Conference abstracts
Cohort studies Posters
Cross-sectional studies Systematic reviews
Randomised controlled studies  
Modelling studies  
Economic evaluations  
  1. aFCAS Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations; LMIC Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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