Economic loss due to healthcareassociated infection in 68 general hospitals in China
Author:
Affiliation:

Clc Number:

R181.3+2

Fund Project:

  • Article
  • |
  • Figures
  • |
  • Metrics
  • |
  • Reference
  • |
  • Related
  • |
  • Comments
    Abstract:

    ObjectiveTo explore the direct economic loss caused by healthcareassociated infection(HAI) in general hospitals in China. Methods68 hospitals were selected, a retrospective 1:1 matched survey was conducted to compare the direct medical cost in patients with and without HAI between January 1, 2015 and  December 31, 2015. ResultsA total of 2 123 pairs of patients with and without HAI were included in the survey. The average cost of hospitalization in HAI  and nonHAI groups were  ¥25 845.30 and ¥12 006.14 respectively, ¥13 839.16 on average was increased due to HAI. The average economic loss in provincial and ministerial levels of hospitals were ¥21 409.83. The average economic loss in different regional hospitals were ¥9 725.42-¥18 909.59, and north China ranked the first. Economic loss caused by bloodstream infection and lower respiratory tract infection were more than other sites, which were ¥23 190.09 and ¥18 194.50 respectively. ConclusionHAI resulted in considerable direct economic loss. Prevention and control of HAI, especially bloodstream infection and lower respiratory tract infection should be paid more attention.

    Reference
    Related
Get Citation

贾会学,侯铁英,李卫光,等.中国68所综合医院医院感染的经济损失研究[J].中国感染控制杂志英文版,2016,15(9):637-641. DOI:10.3969/j. issn.1671-9638.2016.09.001.
JIA Huixue, HOU Tieying, LI Weiguang, et al. Economic loss due to healthcareassociated infection in 68 general hospitals in China[J]. Chin J Infect Control, 2016,15(9):637-641. DOI:10.3969/j. issn.1671-9638.2016.09.001.

Copy
Share
Article Metrics
  • Abstract:
  • PDF:
  • HTML:
  • Cited by:
History
  • Received:August 01,2016
  • Revised:August 30,2016
  • Adopted:
  • Online: September 28,2016
  • Published: