The burden of surgical site infections in Australia: A cost-of-illness study
Objective: To estimate the cost of surgical site infections in Australian public hospitals in 2018–19, to demonstrate the economic burden of hospital-associated infection in a well-resourced health system. Methods: A cost-of-illness analysis was conducted over a 1-year time horizon based on data fro...
Main Authors: | Ruth Royle, Brigid M. Gillespie, Wendy Chaboyer, Joshua Byrnes, Son Nghiem |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Infection and Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034123000989 |
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