The Extra Length of Stay, Costs, and Mortality Associated With Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

This study aims to compare the mortality rate, length of stay (LOS), and hospitalization cost in patients with and without healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs).

Methods

This prospective cohort study is conducted on 396 matched patients admitted to a tertiary teaching hospital with 800 beds in the southwest of Iran from July 2021 to January 2022. The cases were patients admitted during the study period who had, at minimum, one type of HCAI. For a comparison group, we considered all patients without HCAIs who hospitalized in the same ward and at the same time with the same age and gender in a ratio of one case to three controls. Descriptive analyses were done based on direct medical costs, LOS, and mortality rate in patients. The magnitude of the relatio

SUBMITTER: Moradi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11540804 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature