Key result
Nosocomial infections in patients undergoing common digestive surgery accounted for 6.8% of total medical and social expenditures during hospitalization and the 6 months following.
Why the study?
What is the cost of nosocomial infections in patients undergoing digestive surgery?
Cohort (n=512)
What is the cost of nosocomial infections in patients undergoing digestive surgery?
Nosocomial infections account for a notable proportion (6.8%) of total expenditures in patients undergoing common digestive surgery.
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Nosocomial infections drive notable post-digestive surgery costs; extends economic burden data but leaves open targeted prevention trials.
The present report of 512 consecutive patients hospitalized for common digestive surgery assesses the medical outcome of nosocomial infection (NI) using Center for Disease Control criteria. Medical and social costs were evaluated for the hospitalization period and for the 6 months following. Estimate of cost directly due to NI represents 6.8% of total expenditures for the entire group of 512 patients.
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Fabry et al. (1982) conducted a cohort in Digestive surgery (n=512). Nosocomial infection was evaluated on Medical and social costs directly due to nosocomial infection. Nosocomial infections in patients undergoing common digestive surgery accounted for 6.8% of total medical and social expenditures during hospitalization and the 6 months following.
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