Attributable Costs of Surgical Site Infection and Endometritis after Low Transverse Cesarean Delivery
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Attributable costs of surgical site infection and endometritis after low transverse cesarean delivery.
BACKGROUND Accurate data on costs attributable to hospital-acquired infections are needed to determine their economic impact and the cost-benefit of potential preventive strategies. OBJECTIVE To determine the attributable costs of surgical site infection (SSI) and endometritis (EMM) after cesarean section by means of 2 different methods. DESIGN Retrospective cohort. SETTING Barnes-Jewish ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1086/650755