Financial consequences of hospital-acquired bacteraemia in three Belgian hospitals in 2003 and 2004

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-16

  Pirson, M ^a   Leclercq, P ^a   Jackson, T ^b   Leclercq, M ^c   Garrino, M ^d   Sion, C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Centre Hospitalier Regional du Val de Sambre   (Belgium)

^d Centre Hospitalier Regional de Namur   (Belgium)

^e Centre Hospitalier Hutois   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Bacteraemia; Cost; Hospital acquired; Infection control

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BELGIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 37749046128     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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