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. 2018 Dec 18;16:66. doi: 10.1186/s12962-018-0168-x

Table 2.

Costs for postoperative infections

Patient number Type of surgical site infection Doctor visits in primary health care Doctor visits in specialist care In-patient care Nurse visits in primary health care Nurse visits in specialist care Costs for antibiotic in out-patient care Total cost
Number Cost Number Cost Days Cost Number Cost Number Cost
1 Superficial 7 1045 2 509 0 0 17 952 0 0 111 2617
2 Superficial 0 0 2 355 0 0 0 0 1 54 28 437
3 Superficial 0 0 1 182 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 207
4 Superficial 3 784 1 228 0 0 4 224 0 0 63 1299
Sum SSI 1829 1274 0 1176 54 227 4560
5 Deep 0 0 0 0 4 2405 0 0 0 0 13 2418
6 Deep 1 261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 275
7 Deep 0 0 4 887 3 3280 0 0 1 54 41 4262
8 Deep 0 0 4 887 11 5531 0 0 1 54 36 6508
9 Deep 0 0 1 177 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 225
10 Deep 0 0 4 729 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 779
11 Deep 0 0 1 182 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 219
12 Deep 0 0 0 0 2 + 3 2474 0 0 0 0 48 2522
13 Deep 0 0 0 0 2 594 0 0 4 144 24 762
14 Deep 0 0 0 0 2 + 3 3137 0 0 0 0 48 3185
15 Deep 0 0 0 0 3 1574 0 0 0 0 18 1592
Sum DSI 261 2862 18995 0 252 377 22747
Sum SI 2090 4136 18995 1176 306 604 27307

All costs are in Euros

DSI deep surgical site infection, SI surgical site infection, SSI superficial surgical site infection