title: Comparison of costs of surgical site infection and endometritis after cesarean delivery using claims and medical record data.
abstract: We used administrative and clinical data from a case-control study to calculate the costs of surgical site infection and endometritis after cesarean delivery. Attributable costs determined by multivariate generalized least-squares regression models with the 2 data sets were similar, suggesting that administrative data can be used to calculate infection costs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. molsen@dom.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Margaret A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Denise M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Willers
authors.forename: Gilad A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: Victoria J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Fraser
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004716:Endometritis / Q000191:economics* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008499:Medical Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000191:economics; D011247:Pregnancy; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000191:economics* / Q000209:etiology