Who bears the cost of healthcare-acquired surgical site infection?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 274-282

  Graves, N ^a,b   Halton, K ^a,b   Doidge, S ^a   Clements, A ^c   Lairson, D ^d   Whitby, M ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Economics; Post discharge; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT;

COHORT STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 46049118196     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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