| Summary: | Nosocomial postoperative wound infection is a combined clinical and managerial problem. This report discusses the impact of nosocomial postoperative wound infection on the cost of hospitalization, in the Obstetric and Gynecologic unit, Sleman General Hospital in 1992/1993. There are two methods of nosocomial postoperative wound infection examination used in this study, namely: (1) comparative analysis among infected with uninfected and (2) subjective comparison study. The result of the first method showed a total cost increase of Rp. 74,877.00 and subjective comparison yielded total cost increase of Rp. 3,112,371.80. Based on the diagnosis, the additional cost of nosocomial infection is as follows: (1) for Cephalopelvic Disproportion
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