Hospital-acquired, laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infections: Linking national surveillance data to clinical and financial hospital data to estimate increased length of stay and healthcare costs

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 158-162

  Vrijens, F ^a   Hulstaert, F ^a   Van de Sande, S ^a   Devriese, S ^a   Morales, I ^b   Parmentier, Y ^c  

^a BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Costs of hospitalisation; Hospital acquired bloodstream infections; Length of stay; Matched cohort study

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT RIGHT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BELGIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953538125     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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