title: Direct costs associated with a hospital-acquired outbreak of rotaviral gastroenteritis infection in a long term care institution.
abstract: In January 2008, 63 patients were infected during an outbreak of rotaviral gastroenteritis in a long term care facility for elderly patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the direct financial costs of this outbreak to the hospital. Data on costs were gathered from both medical records and the hospital finance department. The total hospital cost of the outbreak was euro17,959, or euro285.1 per case, comprising: euro4,948 for medical investigation and treatment costs, euro4,400 for isolation, euro1,879 for infection control staff, euro4,170 for other staff and euro2,562 for bed-day loss. The cost of this outbreak emphasises the importance of the early recognition of an outbreak and implementation of infection control measures.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Avranches-Granville, 50406 Granville cedex, France. emmanuel.piednoir@ch-avranches-granville.fr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piednoir
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Borderan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borgey
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thibon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lesellier
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leservoisier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Verger
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Le Coutour
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000191:economics*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000191:economics*; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006268:Health Facilities; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity / Q000191:economics; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000191:economics; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008503:Medical Staff / Q000191:economics; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology