Analysis reveals associations between hospital-acquired infections, mortality, and health care costs, highlighting need for risk assessment.
Various sociodemographic and hospital factors were associated with greater vulnerability to HAIs, higher in-hospital mortality, longer hospitalizations, and greater health care costs. These findings emphasize the heterogeneity in vulnerability to HAIs across sociodemographic and hospital contexts and highlight the potential value of risk stratification in informing patient safety efforts.
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