Impact of Healthcare-Associated Infections on Length of Stay: A Study in 68 Hospitals in China
Joint Authors
Jia, Huixue
Li, Liuyi
Li, Weiguang
Hou, Tieying
Ma, Hongqiu
Yang, Yun
Wu, Anhua
Liu, Yunxi
Wen, Jianguo
Yang, Huai
Luo, Xiaoli
Xing, Yawei
Zhang, Weihong
Wu, Yinghong
Ding, Lili
Liu, Weiping
Lin, Ling
Li, Ying
Chen, Meilian
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-04-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) not only bring additional medical cost to the patients but also prolong the length of stay (LOS).
2119 HAI case-patients and 2119 matched control-patients were identified in 68 hospitals in 14 primary sampling provinces of 7 major regions of China.
The HAI caused an increase in stay of 10.4 days.
The LOS due to HAI increased from 9.7 to 10.9 days in different levels of hospitals.
There was no statistically significant difference in the increased LOS between different hospital levels.
The increased LOS due to HAI in different regions was 8.2 to 12.6 days.
Comparing between regions, we found that the increased LOS due to HAI in South China is longer than other regions except the Northeast.
The gastrointestinal infection (GI) caused the shortest extra LOS of 6.7 days while the BSI caused the longest extra LOS of 12.8 days.
The increased LOS for GI was significantly shorter than that of other sites.
Among 2119 case-patients, the non-multidrug-resistant pathogens were detected in 365 cases.
The average increased LOS due to these bacterial infections was 12.2 days.
E.
coli infection caused significantly shorter LOS.
The studied MDROs, namely, MRSA, VRE, ESBLs-E.
coli, ESBLs-KP, CR-E.
coli, CR-KP, CR-AB, and CR-PA were detected in 381 cases (18.0%).
The average increased LOS due to these MDRO infections was 14 days.
Comparing between different MDRO infections, we found that the increased LOS due to HAI caused by CR-PA (26.5 days) is longer than other MDRO infections (shorter than 19.8 days).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jia, Huixue& Li, Liuyi& Li, Weiguang& Hou, Tieying& Ma, Hongqiu& Yang, Yun…[et al.]. 2019. Impact of Healthcare-Associated Infections on Length of Stay: A Study in 68 Hospitals in China. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1123946
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jia, Huixue…[et al.]. Impact of Healthcare-Associated Infections on Length of Stay: A Study in 68 Hospitals in China. BioMed Research International No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1123946
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jia, Huixue& Li, Liuyi& Li, Weiguang& Hou, Tieying& Ma, Hongqiu& Yang, Yun…[et al.]. Impact of Healthcare-Associated Infections on Length of Stay: A Study in 68 Hospitals in China. BioMed Research International. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1123946
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1123946