| Literature DB >> 19230762 |
Christoph Biwersi1, Nico Hepping, Udo Bode, Gudrun Fleischhack, Anja von Renesse, Martin Exner, Steffen Engelhart, Beate Gieselmann, Arne Simon.
Abstract
In this matched cohort study, clinical data from 43 paediatric cancer patients with bloodstream infection (BSI) were compared with 43 thoroughly matched control patients without BSI. BSI led to a median additional length of inpatient treatment of 12 days (IQR 8.5-16 days; P<0.001), accounting for median additional expenses of euro4400 (IQR, euro3145-5920) per case [6.970 US Dollar (IQR 4.938-9.294)]. Thus, BSI substantially increased financial resources required for inpatient treatment. These data compiled from a paediatric cancer unit may be utilized to estimate the cost-benefit ratio of targeted preventive measures.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19230762 DOI： 10.1016/j.ijheh.2009.01.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Hyg Environ Health ISSN： 1438-4639 Impact factor: 5.840