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. 2000 Apr;5(4):49-50.
doi: 10.2807/esm.05.04.00004-en.

The socioeconomic burden of hospital acquired infection

R Plowman

The socioeconomic burden of hospital acquired infection

R Plowman. Euro Surveill. 2000 Apr.

Abstract

Adult inpatients in common specialties who developed hospital acquired infection (HAI) remained in hospital 2.5 times longer, incurred hospital costs almost three times higher, and incurred higher general practitioner, district nurse, and hospital costs a

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