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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 2.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Apr;30(4):383–385. doi: 10.1086/596610

Table 2.

The total MRSA associated cost for the excess length of stay of the MRSA positive neonates.

Total MRSA
Associated
Days		 Mean Total
Cost Per
Day* 		Total MRSA
Associated
Cost
< 28 Weeks 1300 $3,246 $4,219,800
28-31 Weeks 437 $2,148 $938,676
> 31 Weeks 344 $5,066 $1,742,704
Total 2081 $6,901,180
*

includes both MRSA colonized and non-colonized MRSA neonates