Estimating the burden of nosocomial infections: Time dependency and cost clustering should be taken into account.
Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. Electronic address: heister@imbi.uni-freiburg.de.
Thomas
T
Heister
Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Klaus
K
Kaier
Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Martin
M
Wolkewitz
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D013997:Time Factors