Medical cost of intensive care unit patients with catheter-associated infec-tion before and after intervention

VernacularTitle:ICU 导管相关感染患者干预前后的费用分析
Author: Yingying PAN ; Yi ZHU ; Jianwen ZHUANG ; Na TANG ; Hui LI ; Jianwen ZOU ; Shumin ZHANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: intensive care unit; healthcare-associated infection; catheter-associated infection; hospitalization cost
From: Chinese Journal of Infection Control 2015;(4):254-257
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To compare whether there is a difference in medical cost of intensive care unit(ICU)pa-tients with catheter-associated infection (CAI)between before and after targeted intervention.Methods CAI in ICU patients in 2010(pre-intervention group)and 2013 (post-intervention group)were investigated by retrospective survey,hospitalization cost of two groups of patients before and after intervention was compared.Results The morbidity and mortality in patients with CAI both decreased significantly after intervention,morbidity of healthcare-associated infection(HAI)decreased from 13.47% in 2010 to 4.41 % in 2013,mortality decreased from 10.36% in 2010 to 2.2% in 2103.Total hospitalization cost,blood transfusion cost,and cost of special material before and af-ter the implementation of targeted intervention all significantly different (all P <0.05),the difference of procalcito-nin and antimicrobial agents cost were also significant(all P <0.05).Conclusion Medical cost in ICU patients with CAI decreased after intervention.