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Cost-effectiveness analysis of an active 30-day surgical site infection surveillance at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: evidence from HAI-Ghana study
OBJECTIVE: To assess the cost-effectiveness of an active 30-day surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance mechanism at a referral teaching hospital in Ghana using data from healthcare-associated infection Ghana (HAI-Ghana) study. DESIGN: Before and during intervention study using economic evaluatio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8724807/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34980632 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057468 |
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author | Otieku, Evans Fenny, Ama Pokuaa Asante, Felix Ankomah Bediako-Bowan, Antoinette Enemark, Ulrika |
author_facet | Otieku, Evans Fenny, Ama Pokuaa Asante, Felix Ankomah Bediako-Bowan, Antoinette Enemark, Ulrika |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To assess the cost-effectiveness of an active 30-day surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance mechanism at a referral teaching hospital in Ghana using data from healthcare-associated infection Ghana (HAI-Ghana) study. DESIGN: Before and during intervention study using economic evaluation model to assess the cost-effectiveness of an active 30-day SSI surveillance at a teaching hospital. The intervention involves daily inspection of surgical wound area for 30-day postsurgery with quarterly feedback provided to surgeons. Discharged patients were followed up by phone call on postoperative days 3, 15 and 30 using a recommended surgical wound healing postdischarge questionnaire. SETTING: Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Ghana. PARTICIPANTS: All prospective patients who underwent surgical procedures at the general surgical unit of the KBTH. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome measures were the avoidable SSI morbidity risk and the associated costs from patient and provider perspectives. We also reported three indicators of SSI severity, that is, length of hospital stay (LOS), number of outpatient visits and laboratory tests. The analysis was performed in STATA V.14 and Microsoft Excel. RESULTS: Before-intervention SSI risk was 13.9% (62/446) as opposed to during-intervention 8.4% (49/582), equivalent to a risk difference of 5.5% (95% CI 5.3 to 5.9). SSI mortality risk decreased by 33.3% during the intervention while SSI-attributable LOS decreased by 32.6%. Furthermore, the mean SSI-attributable patient direct and indirect medical cost declined by 12.1% during intervention while the hospital costs reduced by 19.1%. The intervention led to an estimated incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of US$4196 savings per SSI episode avoided. At a national scale, this could be equivalent to a US$60 162 248 cost advantage annually. CONCLUSION: The intervention is a simple, cost-effective, sustainable and adaptable strategy that may interest policymakers and health institutions interested in reducing SSI. |
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spelling | pubmed-87248072022-01-18 Cost-effectiveness analysis of an active 30-day surgical site infection surveillance at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: evidence from HAI-Ghana study Otieku, Evans Fenny, Ama Pokuaa Asante, Felix Ankomah Bediako-Bowan, Antoinette Enemark, Ulrika BMJ Open Health Economics OBJECTIVE: To assess the cost-effectiveness of an active 30-day surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance mechanism at a referral teaching hospital in Ghana using data from healthcare-associated infection Ghana (HAI-Ghana) study. DESIGN: Before and during intervention study using economic evaluation model to assess the cost-effectiveness of an active 30-day SSI surveillance at a teaching hospital. The intervention involves daily inspection of surgical wound area for 30-day postsurgery with quarterly feedback provided to surgeons. Discharged patients were followed up by phone call on postoperative days 3, 15 and 30 using a recommended surgical wound healing postdischarge questionnaire. SETTING: Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Ghana. PARTICIPANTS: All prospective patients who underwent surgical procedures at the general surgical unit of the KBTH. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome measures were the avoidable SSI morbidity risk and the associated costs from patient and provider perspectives. We also reported three indicators of SSI severity, that is, length of hospital stay (LOS), number of outpatient visits and laboratory tests. The analysis was performed in STATA V.14 and Microsoft Excel. RESULTS: Before-intervention SSI risk was 13.9% (62/446) as opposed to during-intervention 8.4% (49/582), equivalent to a risk difference of 5.5% (95% CI 5.3 to 5.9). SSI mortality risk decreased by 33.3% during the intervention while SSI-attributable LOS decreased by 32.6%. Furthermore, the mean SSI-attributable patient direct and indirect medical cost declined by 12.1% during intervention while the hospital costs reduced by 19.1%. The intervention led to an estimated incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of US$4196 savings per SSI episode avoided. At a national scale, this could be equivalent to a US$60 162 248 cost advantage annually. CONCLUSION: The intervention is a simple, cost-effective, sustainable and adaptable strategy that may interest policymakers and health institutions interested in reducing SSI. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8724807/ /pubmed/34980632 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057468 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Health Economics Otieku, Evans Fenny, Ama Pokuaa Asante, Felix Ankomah Bediako-Bowan, Antoinette Enemark, Ulrika Cost-effectiveness analysis of an active 30-day surgical site infection surveillance at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: evidence from HAI-Ghana study |
title | Cost-effectiveness analysis of an active 30-day surgical site infection surveillance at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: evidence from HAI-Ghana study |
title_full | Cost-effectiveness analysis of an active 30-day surgical site infection surveillance at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: evidence from HAI-Ghana study |
title_fullStr | Cost-effectiveness analysis of an active 30-day surgical site infection surveillance at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: evidence from HAI-Ghana study |
title_full_unstemmed | Cost-effectiveness analysis of an active 30-day surgical site infection surveillance at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: evidence from HAI-Ghana study |
title_short | Cost-effectiveness analysis of an active 30-day surgical site infection surveillance at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: evidence from HAI-Ghana study |
title_sort | cost-effectiveness analysis of an active 30-day surgical site infection surveillance at a tertiary hospital in ghana: evidence from hai-ghana study |
topic | Health Economics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8724807/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34980632 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057468 |
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