Cost and Hospital Resource Utilization of Staphylococcus aureus Infection Post Elective Posterior Instrumented Spinal Fusion Surgeries in U.S. Hospitals: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

A retrospective cohort study.

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess hospital resource utilization and costs associated with Staphylococcus aureus infection within 180 days post elective posterior instrumented spinal fusion surgeries (index surgery) between 2010 and 2015.

Summary of background data

Surgical site infections (SSIs) and blood stream infections (BSIs) post spinal fusion surgeries are associated with worse clinical outcomes and increased costs. Economic data specific to the most common pathogen of infections post spinal fusion surgeries, S. aureus, are limited.

Methods

We analyzed hospital discharge and microbiology data from 129 U.S. hospitals in Premier Healthcare Database. Selection criteria included age ≥ 18 years; had a prim

SUBMITTER: Rosenthal NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6485304 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature