Additional hospital stay and charges due to hospital-acquired infections in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 223-229

  Mahieu, L M ^a   Buitenweg, N ^a   Beutels, Ph ^b   De Dooy, J J ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Charges; Cohort studies; Health economics; Infection control; Neonates

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0034946140     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2000.0852     Document Type: Article

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