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Economic effects of nosocomial infections in cardiac surgery
1Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing.
The Journal of Hospital Infection
|November 1, 1990
Abstract:
A study of 60 infected patients and matched controls showed that nosocomial infection in cardiac surgery cost each patient an additional 2207 yuan (pounds 290). The cost of multisite infection was much higher. Infected patients were in hospital for a mean of 14 extra days.