Hospital costs associated with nosocomial infections in a pediatric intensive care unit

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 282-287

  Morillo García, Áurea ^a   Aldana Espinal, Josefa M ^b   Olry de Labry Lima, Antonio ^c,d   Valencia Martín, Raquel ^a   López Márquez, Reyes ^e   Loscertales Abril, Mercedes ^a   Conde Herrera, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b Servicio Andaluz de Salud   (Spain)

^c ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL INFANTA ELENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Healthcare costs; Hospital costs; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; Nosocomial infection; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 84931560671     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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