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Attributable cost and extra length of stay of surgical site infection at a Ghanaian teaching hospital

BACKGROUND: Limited information is available on the financial impact of healthcare associated infections in Sub-Saharan Africa. A prospective case-control study was undertaken at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana, to calculate the cost of surgical site infections (SSI). METHODS: We studied 446 adult...

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Autores principales:	Fenny, Ama Pokuaa, Asante, Felix Ankomah, Otieku, Evans, Bediako-Bowan, Antionette, Enemark, Ulrika
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Elsevier 2020
Materias:	Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8336154/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34368695 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2020.100045

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