Additional cost of hospital-acquired infection to the patient: A case study in Turkey

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-143

  Esatoǧlu, Afsun Ezel ^a   Agirbas, Ismail ^a   Onder, Omer Rifki ^a   Celik, Yusuf ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 33746887819     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: 09514848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095148406777888062     Document Type: Article

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