Costs associated with health care-associated infections in cardiac surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health care-associated infections (HAIs) are the most common noncardiac complications after cardiac surgery and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Current information about their economic burden is limited.

Objectives

This research was designed to determine the cost associated with major types of HAIs during the first 2 months after cardiac surgery.

Methods

Prospectively collected data from a multicenter, observational study of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinical Trials Network, in which patients were monitored for infections for 65 days after surgery, were merged with related financial data routinely collected by the University HealthSystem Consortium. Incremental length of stay (LOS) and cost associated with HAIs were estimated using g

SUBMITTER: Greco G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4293042 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature