Case Study  ·  Impact Assessment

Modeling the cost of antimicrobial resistance.

A popular fast food restaurant operator wanted to understand the impact of antibiotic-driven antimicrobial resistance and how it can be reduced. We quantified the costs and drivers, and gave the client a report it could share with its shareholders.

The Client

The client is a popular fast food restaurant operator that wanted to understand antibiotic-driven antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a global health issue. It was interested in both the impacts of AMR and the strategies used to reduce it.

The Challenge

Count the cost.
Find the drivers.

Prescouter was asked to produce a report on the costs, drivers and mitigation strategies relevant to AMR in the food industry.

  • Costs

    What AMR costs society

    The economic burden of resistance.

  • Drivers

    Push and pull factors

    What drives antimicrobial resistance.

  • Mitigation

    Government and company strategies

    How resistance is being reduced.

Our Approach

Quantifying AMR through research and expert ranking.

Literature review
60papers, reports and studies

Gather the evidence

We identified 60 sources with quantitative metrics on AMR and its drivers.

Expert interviews
11subject matter experts

Find reliable data

Experts helped identify reliable data sources in the first phase of research.

Driver ranking
28AMR factors ranked

Rank the drivers

Experts ranked 28 factors that drive antimicrobial resistance.

The Outcome

A report ready for shareholders.

Prescouter identified 60 papers, reports and studies with quantitative metrics on AMR as a global health issue and on its push and pull drivers. Experts ranked 28 AMR factors, and the client received a report to be published online for its shareholders as part of its sustainability innovation portfolio.

  • Evidence

    60 quantitative sources

    Data on the cost and drivers of AMR.

  • Priorities

    28 ranked factors

    Which drivers matter most.

  • Communication

    A published report

    Findings shared with shareholders.

Antimicrobial resistance is easy to name and hard to measure. Ranking its drivers gives a company something concrete to act on.

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