Potential economic impact of hospital-acquired infections in uninsured patients: A preliminary investigation

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 764-766

  Thompson, Jess ^a   Jefferson, Julie ^a,b   Mermel, Leonard A ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 50949085403     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590125     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Roberts RR, Scott RD 2nd, Cordell R, et al. The use of economic modeling to determine the hospital costs associated with nosocomial infections. Clin Infect Dis 2003;36:1424-1432.
2. Stone PW, Larson E, Kawar LN. A systematic audit of economic evidence linking nosocomial infections and infection control interventions: 1990-2000. Am J Infect Control 2002;30:145-152.
3. Perencevich EN, Stone PW, Wright SB, Carmeli Y, Fisman DN, Cosgrove SE; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Raising standards while watching the bottom line: making a business case for infection control. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007;28:1121-1133.
4. Chen YY, Chou YC, Chou P. Impact of nosocomial infection on cost of illness and length of stay in intensive care units. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2005;26:281-287.
5. Cosgrove SE. The relationship between antimicrobial resistance and patient outcomes: mortality, length of hospital stay, and health care costs. Clin Infect Dis 2006;42 (suppl 2):S82-89.
6. Digiovine B, Chenoweth C, Watts C, et al. The attributable mortality and costs of primary nosocomial bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999;160:976-981.
7. Horan TC, Gaynes RP. Surveillance of nosocomial infections. In: Mayhall CG, ed. Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2004.
8. International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision. Clinical Modification. Hart A, Hopkins CA, eds. Reston, VA: St. Anthony Publishing and West Valley City, UT: Ingenix; 2000.
9. Dorr DA, Jones SS, Burns L, et al. Use of health-related, quality-of-life metrics to predict mortality and hospitalizations in community-dwelling seniors. J Am Geriatr Soc 2006;54:667-673.
10. Engemann JJ, Carmeli Y, Cosgrove SE, et al. Adverse clinical and economic outcomes attributable to methicillin resistance among patients with Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection. Clin Infect Dis 2003;36:592-598.
11. Kaiser Family Foundation. Covering the uninsured: growing need, strained resources. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. 2007. Available at: http://www.kff.org/uninsured/7429.cfm. Accessed April 24, 2007.
12. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. National and regional estimates on hospital use for all patients from the HCUP nationwide inpatient sample. Available at: http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov. Accessed April 24, 2007.