title: [Treatment costs in initially underestimated infections of the hand].
abstract: Summary. Infections that develop as a complication of minor injuries to the hand, frequently are underestimated by the patient or by the physician initially consulted. Between 1990 and 2000, we have treated 172 in-patients as a result of this underestimation. In a retrospective study we have tried to evaluate the economic consequences. According to our results, treatment costs of 210,000 D-Mark could have been saved, if adequate treatment had been initiated on time.
authors.affiliation: Sektion Plastische Chirurgie, Handchirurgie, Intensiveinheit für Schwerbrandverletzte der Medizinischen Universität zu Lübeck. Bert.Reichert@medinf.mu-luebeck.de
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reichert
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zöphel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mailänder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Behandlungskosten durch unterschätzte Handinfektionen.