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Table 9.

Costs of additional hospitalisation days associated with surgical site infection

Source Country Cost per day Cost for mean of 9·8 days
Netten and Curtis (90) UK €409 €4008
Oostenbrink et al. (36) Netherlands €230 €2254
Geldner et al. (91) Germany €317 €3107
Pena et al. (92) Spain €170 €1666
PMSI (93) France €412 €4038
Orsi et al. (94) Italy €413 €4047

All general bed day costs.