The impact of surgical-site infections in the 1990s: Attributable mortality, excess length of hospitalization, and extra costs

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 725-730

  Kirkland, Kathryn B ^a   Briggs, Jane P ^b   Trivette, Sharon L ^b   Wilkinson, William E ^a   Sexton, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Durham Regional Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT READMISSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033227053     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501572     Document Type: Article

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