Cost analysis of hospital infections in a training hospital

Results In our study; it was detected that, the hospital acquired infections developed averagely on 18 day of hospitalization, and that, the hospitalization duration increased 16.1 days due to these infections and the mortality was 14.5% higher. The additional cost per patient was approximately calculated 4435$. It was detected that, patients with hospital acquired infection caused 83.4$ of additional expenditure daily, and for these patients the highest cost were for consumables and drugs used. It was calculated that, 84% of increase in the drug cost was caused by additional antibiotics used. The cost increase in ventilation association pneumonia, in blood stream infection and in urinary system infection were more than that of other types of hospital acquired infections. Conclusion There have been several studies in developed countries, unfortunately in our country there is limited information about the cost analysis of the hospital acquired infections. This significance of this study is its being the first in Turkey due to its inclusion and context.