The differential burden of 3 health care-associated infections on hospital costs and lengths of stay: A quasi-experimental case-control observation
Department
Health Informatics
Additional Department
Quality and Patient Safety
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
American Journal of Infection Control
Abstract
In patients with a health care-associated infection (HAI), lengths of stay and costs increased >150% from 2019 to 2023, and were 2 to 6 times greater compared to concurrent non-HAI patients with the same diagnoses. Unlike surgical HAI, no device-associated HAI occurred before hospital day 12. These findings highlight the possibly under-recognized influence of delayed discharges on device-associated HAIs.
First Page
1466
Last Page
1468
DOI
10.1016/j.ajic.2024.07.014
Volume
52
Issue
12
Publication Date
12-1-2024
Medical Subject Headings
Humans; Length of Stay (economics); Cross Infection (economics); Hospital Costs (statistics & numerical data); Case-Control Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Aged; Female; Adult; Aged, 80 and over
PubMed ID
39084563
Recommended Citation
Yenugadhati, V., Gutowski, J., Glassman, S., Phillips, M., Frey, S., Bronstein, M., Laguio-Vila, M., & Lesho, E. (2024). The differential burden of 3 health care-associated infections on hospital costs and lengths of stay: A quasi-experimental case-control observation. American Journal of Infection Control, 52 (12), 1466-1468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2024.07.014