Economic losses caused by healthcare-associated lower respiratory tract in-fection in kidney transplant patients
10.3969/j.issn.1671-9638.2014.08.008
- VernacularTitle:肾移植手术患者下呼吸道医院感染经济损失
- Author:
Shuhui WANG
;
Yunhong LIU
;
Haiyan WANG
;
Jingna WANG
;
Xiaohui WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
kidney transplant;
lower respiratory tract infection;
healthcare-associated infection;
economic loss
- From:
Chinese Journal of Infection Control
2014;(8):479-481
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the economic losses in kidney transplant patients with healthcare-associated lower respiratory tract infection(LRTI).Methods All transplant patients in a hospital from 2008 to 2012 were in-vestigated,patients with LRTI were in infection group(n=45),and patients without LRTI were in control group(n=266),hospitalization expenses and hospitalization days between two groups were compared.Results A total of 383 kidney transplant patients were included in the study,the incidence of LRTI was 11 .75% (n=45),median ex-pense of infection group and control group was ￥79 291 .82 and ￥72 185.14 respectively,the difference was not statistically significant (P >0.05).The largest increased expense in patients with LRTI was medicine (increased by￥5 429.82),medicine and examination expense in infection group were significantly higher than control group (￥39 123.17 vs ￥33 693.35;￥702.52 vs ￥593.73;P <0.05 ).The median hospitalization days in infection group and control group was 28.38 days and 21 .47 days respectively,there was significant difference between two groups(P <0.05 ).Conclusion Kidney transplant patients with LRTI suffer from a heavy financial burden,and their hospitalization days are prolonged,so measures should be taken to prevent the occurrence of LRTI and save limited medical resources.
