Do surgical site infections impact length of stay and cost of care for patients undergoing open procedures?
Surgical site infections, though infrequent, significantly increase length of stay and healthcare costs for patients undergoing open procedures.
This study of SSIs utilizing two large national databases provides robust data and analytics reinforcing and bolstering current evidence that SSIs occur infrequently but are detrimental to patients in terms of increased LOS and care costs.
Hou et al. (Tue,) studied this question.