title: [Cost and outcome of hip's arthroplasty nosocomial infection. Case and control study].
abstract: Case-control study for evaluation of cost and outcome of nosocomial surgical site infection in primary hip arthroplasty during a period of 5 years. Mean hospitalization time in the orthopedic service was 54 days for cases, and 13 days for control (p<0.05). Mean hospitalization time in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) was 1.1 days for cases. There were 0.83 post primary surgery interventions in cases, and a mean of 2.08 bacteriological cultures in each case. Controls didn't have hospitalizations in the ICU surgical reinterventions nor cultures necessary. The mean cost of infected patients was US $: 6,174.8. Mean cost in controls was US $: 2,354.7. The excess of cost due to infections was US $: 2,354.7 on the average. Outcomes in cases were: normal function 30.8%; moderate or serious sequelae 46.2%; death rate 15, 4%. The measured parameters contributed to raise case costs, and they caused an unsatisfactory outcome for two third of the patients.
authors: Comité de Control de Infecciones Intrahospitalarias, Hospital San Pablo de Coquimbo, and Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile. oiribarren@123.cl
authors: Osvaldo
authors: O
authors: Iribarren B
authors: Alejandra
authors: A
authors: Alvarez C
authors: Cristian
authors: C
authors: Rodríguez C
authors: Mónica
authors: M
authors: Ferrada M
authors: Hugo
authors: H
authors: Hernández V
authors: Lilian
authors: L
authors: Dorn H
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002677:Chile; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000191:economics*; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome