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Cost of hospitalised patients due to complicated urinary tract infections: a retrospective observational study in countries with high prevalence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: the COMBACTE-MAGNET, RESCUING study.

Laura Vallejo-TorresMiquel PujolEvelyn ShawIrith WiegandJoan Miquel VigoMargaret StoddartSally GrierJulie GibbsChristiane VankNienke CuperusLeo van den HeuvelNoa Eliakim-RazJordi CarratalaCuong VuongAlasdair MacGowanTanya BabichLeonard LeiboviciIbironke AddyStephen Morrisnull null
Published in: BMJ open (2018)
The mean cost per hospitalised case of cUTI was substantial and varied significantly between countries. A better knowledge of the reasons for variations in length of stays could facilitate a better standardised quality of care for patients with cUTI and allow a more efficient allocation of healthcare resources. Urgent admissions, infections due to an indwelling urinary catheterisation, resulting in septic shock or severe sepsis, in patients with comorbidities and presenting MDR were related to a higher cost.
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