Direct economic loss due to oral infection in acute leukemia patients
10.3969/j.issn.1671-9638.2016.10.016
- VernacularTitle:急性白血病患者口腔感染直接经济损失分析
- Author:
Yunhong LIU
;
Shuhui WANG
;
Jingna WANG
;
Xiaohui WU
;
Yingxia LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
acute leukemia;
leukemia;
oral infection;
healthcare-associated infection;
direct economic loss
- From:
Chinese Journal of Infection Control
2016;15(10):785-787
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the direct economic loss caused by oral infection in patients with acute leuke-mia.Methods Acute leukemia patients with oral infection in a tertiary first-class hospital in Shandong Province be-tween January 2011 and December 2013 were investigated,the 1 :1 matched case-control method was used for com-paring hospitalization expense and length of hospital stay between oral infected (case group)and uninfected patients (control group ).Results A total of 994 patients with acute leukemia were monitored,277 had healthcare-associated infection,17 (5.56%)of whom were with oral infection.The median hospitalization expense of patients in case group and control group was￥37 327 and￥13 176 respectively,the total hospitalization expense of patients in case group was 2.83 times more than control group,difference was statistically significant (Z = -3.621 ,P <0.001).Each hospitalization expense of case group was higher than control group,especially expense for medicine, blood transfusion,laboratory examination,and therapy.The median length of hospital stay in case group and con-trol group were 17 days and 11 days respectively,rank sum test showed that difference in median length of hospital stay between two groups was statistically significant (Z =-3.627,P < 0.001 ).Conclusion Acute leukemia pa-tients with oral infection have increased hospitalization expense,prolonged length of hospital stay,and increased the financial burden.
