Surgical site infections-economic consequences for the health care system

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 396, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 453-459

  Graf, Karolin ^a   Ott, Ella ^a   Vonberg, Ralf Peter ^a   Kuehn, Christian ^a   Schilling, Tobias ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a   Chaberny, Iris Freya ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costs; Economic impact; Length of stay; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; COST OF ILLNESS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79956188414     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-011-0772-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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