Abstract

The proper use and economic impact of carboxymaltose iron were evaluated for patients hospitalized in the geriatric wards of a French university hospital from November 2019 to April 2020. Martial supplementation was recommended for 75.7% of the 173 patients who received carboxymaltose iron: 43.4% had a real indication for carboxymaltose iron, while 14.4% could have received sucrose iron and 17.9% could have received per os iron. Compliance with the recommendations would have generated savings of 10,345.80 euros (32.1%).

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