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. 2020 Feb 17;2(2):100045. doi: 10.1016/j.infpip.2020.100045

Table 5.

Summary of estimated additional annual costs of SSI (US$).

Mean cost - SSI Mean cost, non- SSI Estimated mean additional cost per patient due to SSI Estimated total annual cost of SSIa
Patient direct costs 1,748 1,450 298 130,736
Productivity loss 625 457 168 73,670
Hospital costs 3,038 1,519 1,519 666,652
Total 5,411 3,426 1,985 871,058
a

Estimated annual number of SSI cases = 439.