Marginal increase in cost and excess length of stay associated with nosocomial bloodstream infections in surviving very low birth weight infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 348-355

  Payne, Nathaniel R ^a   Carpenter, Joseph H ^b   Badger, Gary J ^c   Horbar, Jeffrey D ^b,d   Rogowski, Jeannette ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VERMONT OXFORD NETWORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Infection; Neonatal intensive care unit treatment costs; Neonatal intensive care units; Very low birth weight infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LENGTH OF STAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3442889070     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.114.2.348     Document Type: Article

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