Estimating length of stay and inpatient charges attributable to hospital-acquired bloodstream infections.

Yuzheng ZhangMingmei DuJanice Mary JohnstonEllie Bostwick AndresJijiang SuoHongwu YaoRui HuoYunxi LiuQiang Fu

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2020)

This is the first study to consider time-dependent bias in estimating excess LOS and charges attributable to BSI in a Chinese hospital setting. We found matching on infection time can reduce bias.

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