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

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Abstract

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.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.

Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1558-3597

ISSN (Print): 0735-1097

Publication date (Electronic): Jan 06 2015

Volume: 65

Issue: 1

Affiliations

[1 ] International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research (InCHOIR), Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York. Electronic address: giampaolo.greco@mountsinai.org.

[2 ] International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research (InCHOIR), Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York.

[3 ] Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York.

[4 ] Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

[5 ] Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia.

[6 ] University HealthSystem Consortium, Chicago, Illinois.

[7 ] Clinical Research Unit, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

[8 ] Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York.

[9 ] Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

[10 ] Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.

[11 ] Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[12 ] Barnabas Heart Hospital, Newark, New Jersey.

[13 ] Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.

[14 ] Center for Heart and Vascular Health, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware.

Article

Publisher Item ID: S0735-1097(14)06846-6 Mid ID: NIHMS640386

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.09.079

PMC ID: 4293042

PubMed ID: 25572505

SO-VID: 45087dd3-3486-4ddf-b0f2-bdf21dfcc455

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Keywords: health care–associated infection,hospital costs,length of stay

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Keywords: health care–associated infection, hospital costs, length of stay

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