Costs of Surgical Site Infections That Appear after Hospital Discharge

Data were collected from surgical patients in the hospital and on 4 occasions postdischarge. The incidence of postdischarge surgical site infection was 8.46%. Strong evidence showed that these infections caused minor additional costs, which contradicts existing literature. We discuss why previous st...

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Autores principales: Graves, Nicholas, Halton, Kate, Curtis, Merrilyn, Doidge, Shane, Lairson, David, McLaws, Marylou, Whitby, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3374438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16704847
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1205.051321

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3374438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16704847
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1205.051321

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