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Review
. 2021 Aug 4:9:712461.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.712461. eCollection 2021.

The Socioeconomic Impact of Surgical Site Infections

Emmanuel Piednoir  1 , Joan Robert-Yap  2 , Patrice Baillet  3 , Emilie Lermite  4 , Niki Christou  5   6
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The Socioeconomic Impact of Surgical Site Infections

Emmanuel Piednoir et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

Précis: Surgical site infections are an ever-increasing phenomenon worldwide due to different factors. This brief report aimeds to highlight at a glance, for both physicians and political and institutional leaders, the economic burden of surgical site infections. Objectives: This brief report aimed to highlight the economic burden of surgical site infections (SSIs). Methods: A narrative review focusing on this subject has been carried out. Results: Surgical site infections are responsible for generating important costs. In 2017, a French cohort highlighted a mean cost of each SSI treatment to be around €1,814; the same year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines evaluated the mean cost caused by SSI treatment to be from $10,443 to $25,546 per SSI. This cost depends on many factors including the patient himself and the type of surgery. Conclusions: Prevention of the risk of infection is, therefore, a profitable concept for surgery that must be integrated within all healthcare managements worldwide.

Keywords: burden; digestive surgery; economic impact; surgical site infection; worldwide.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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