Costs associated with health care-associated infections in cardiac surgery

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-23

  Greco, Giampaolo ^a   Shi, Wei ^a   Michler, Robert E ^b   Meltzer, David O ^c   Ailawadi, Gorav ^d   Hohmann, Samuel F ^e   Thourani, Vinod H ^f   Argenziano, Michael ^g   Alexander, John H ^h   Sankovic, Kathy ⁱ   Gupta, Lopa ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ⁱ   Acker, Michael A ^j   Russo, Mark J ^k   Lee, Albert ^l   Burks, Sandra G ^d   Gelijns, Annetine C ^a   Bagiella, Emilia ^a   Moskowitz, Alan J ^a   Gardner, Timothy J ^m  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e University HealthSystem Consortium   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center   (United States)

^l NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^m CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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Author keywords

costs length of stay; Health care associated; infection hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE INFECTION; EMPYEMA; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYOCARDITIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84920548510     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.09.079     Document Type: Article

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