Direct health care costs and length of hospital stay related to health care-acquired infections in adult patients based on point prevalence measurements

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 500-506

  Rahmqvist, Mikael ^a   Samuelsson, Annika ^a   Bastami, Salumeh ^a   Rutberg, Hans ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mortality rate; Point prevalence survey; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; PATIENT CODING; PREVALENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960510837     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.01.035     Document Type: Article

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