Quantifying excess length of postoperative stay attributable to infections: A comparison of methods

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1249-1256

  Asensio, Angel ^a   Torres, Juana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Confounding factors; Cross infection; Hospital costs; Regression analysis; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032741262     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00116-X     Document Type: Article

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