Hospital costs associated with surgical site infections in general and vascular surgery patients

Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 934-942

  Boltz, Melissa M ^a   Hollenbeak, Christopher S ^a,b   Julian, Kathleen G ^b   Ortenzi, Gail ^a   Dillon, Peter W ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 80053264105     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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