HOSPITAL COSTS OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS - A PROSPECTIVE 3-MONTH STUDY IN A COMMUNITY-HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL COSTS OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS - A PROSPECTIVE 3-MONTH STUDY IN A COMMUNITY-HOSPITAL
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DOI：
10.1017/s0195941700052863
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发表时间：
1980-01-01
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
SCHECKLER, WE
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作者：
SCHECKLER, WE
A prospective three-month study of the hospital costs associated with nosocomial infections was done in a 390-bed, 30-bassinet community-teaching hospital early in 1978. All hospital charges for diagnostic and therapeutic services required by nosocomial infections, and added length of stay due to the infections, were recorded. During the study period 123 infections occurred in 104 patients (a 2.7% incidence, considering the 4,485 patients discharged during this time). The average length of stay was prolonged 3.0 days for all nosocomial infections; this accounted for about half of the 146 for each infection, leading us to believe that the proportion of nosocomial infections at any given site may greatly alter the “average” cost of nosocomial infections. Our data from a community hospital show a shorter prolongation of length of stay and lower hospital costs when compared with the few other studies in the literature.
