Costs associated with hospital-acquired bacteraemia in an Indian hospital: a case-control study

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-148

  Kothari, A ^a   Sagar, V ^b   Ahluwalia, V ^c   Pillai, B S ^c   Madan, M ^d  

^a B L Kapur Memorial Hospital   (India)

^b REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Max Heart and Vascular Institute   (India)

^d RANBAXY LABORATORIES LTD   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Costs; Developing countries; Hospital acquired infection; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58249091389     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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