Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations and the Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infections.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An estimated 4% of hospital admissions acquired healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and accounted for $9.8 (USD) billion in direct cost during 2011. In 2010, nearly 140 000 of the 3.5 million potentially preventable hospitalizations (PPHs) may have acquired an HAI. There is a knowledge gap regarding the co-occurrence of these events.

Aims

To estimate the period occurrences and likelihood of acquiring an HAI for the PPH population.

Methods

Retrospective, cross-sectional study using logistic regression analysis of 2011 Texas Inpatient Discharge Public Use Data File including 2.6 million admissions from 576 acute care hospitals. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Prevention Quality Indicator software identified PPH, and existing administrative data

SUBMITTER: Lorden AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5582652 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature