Extra length of stay and costs because of health care-associated infections at a German university hospital
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- 作者：Habibollah Arefian ; MSca ; b ; Habibollah.Arefian@med.uni-jena.de" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Stefan Hagel ; MDa ; c ; d ; Steffen Heublein ; DiplWirt-Infa ; b ; Florian Rissner ; DiplInfe ; André ; Scherag ; PhDa ; f ; Frank Martin Brunkhorst ; MDa ; e ; g ; Ross J. Baldessarini ; MDh ; Michael Hartmann ; PhDa ; b
- 关键词：Cost ; Health care&ndash ; associated infection ; Hospital ; Inpatients ; Length of stay
- 刊名：American Journal of Infection Control
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：1 February 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：44
- 期：2
- 页码：160-166
- 全文大小：449 K
文摘
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We examined extra length of stay and associated per diem costs attributable to health care–associated infections.
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Extra length of stay was estimated by multistate modeling.
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Health care–associated infection increased hospital length of stay and cost of care.
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Additional costs attributable to health care–associated infections were €5,823-€11,840 ($7,453-$15,155) per infected patient.
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Potential cost savings of at least €2 million ($2.5 million) per year were estimated for a major tertiary care center.