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. 2015 Mar 15;8(3):4433–4445.

Table 1.

Classification of the Hospital infections according to their various qualifications in terms of negative externalities

Study (first author) Incremental Cost Extra Mortality Additional Hospitalization Day Infection Type Preventability
Carmeli (2002) 12,766 $ ND 6.2 ND ND
Coello (1993) 1,759 $ ND ND HAI ND
Engemann (2003) 39,000 $ 13 ND MDRO ND
Foglia (2007) 30,392 $ ND ND VAP ND
Jarvis (1997) [43] 4,794 $ ND 9.2-20 VAP ND
Kirkland (1999) 3,000-29,000 $ 21.4% 20.1 SSI 40-60%
Sheng (2005) [44] 5,335 $ ND 8.2 ND ND
Mahieu (2001) [45] 11,750 Euro ND 24 ND ND
Klevens (2007) 2.5 billion* $ ND ND VAP ND
Klevens (2007) ND 13,088 person ND CAUTI ND
NQF (2009) 119,872 $ ND ND SSI ND
NQF (2009) ND 14.4-23.8% ND VAP ND
Pitet (1994) ND 14,000 person ND CLABSI ND
Saint (2003) ND ND ND CAUTI 17-69%
Umscheid (2011)** ND ND ND CAUTI-CLABSI VAP-SSI 65-70% CAUTI-CLABSI 55% VAP-SSI
Warren (2003) 48,948 $ ND 25 VAP ND
Wiegand (2012) 7,147 euro 6.8-42% 7.8-25 CDI ND
Winstein (1997) ND 10% ND CAUTI ND
Wong (2004) 10 billion* $ ND ND SSI ND
Septimus (2014) 9.8 billion* $ ND ND HAI ND
*

The figures representing the entire country;

ND: No Data; VAP: Ventilator Associated Pheumonia; MDRO: Multi Drug Resistant Organisms; CLABSI: Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection; CAUTI: Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection; SSI Surgical Site Infection; CDI: Clostridium difficile Infection; HAI: Healthcare-Associated Infections (Hospital Infections).

**

Financial figures according to Umschied et al.;

Thanks to prevention, financial figures are as follows: VAP, 2.19-3.17 billion dollar; CAUTI, 115 million-2.82 billion dollar; SSI, 166-345 million dollar. CLABSI, 960 million-1.82 billion dollar [27].