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
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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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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spelling pubmed-33744382012-06-28 Costs of Surgical Site Infections That Appear after Hospital Discharge Graves, Nicholas Halton, Kate Curtis, Merrilyn Doidge, Shane Lairson, David McLaws, Marylou Whitby, Michael Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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 studies might have overstated costs. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3374438/ /pubmed/16704847 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1205.051321 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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url 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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