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| Title |
The Economic Burden of Hospital-Acquired Clostridium difficile Infection: A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study
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| Published in |
Infection control and hospital epidemiology (Online), June 2016
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| DOI | 10.1017/ice.2016.122 |
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| Authors |
Natasha Nanwa, Jeffrey C. Kwong, Murray Krahn, Nick Daneman, Hong Lu, Peter C. Austin, Anand Govindarajan, Laura C. Rosella, Suzanne M. Cadarette, Beate Sander |
| Abstract |
BACKGROUND High-quality cost estimates for hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are vital evidence for healthcare policy and decision-making. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the costs attributable to hospital-acquired CDI from the healthcare payer perspective. METHODS We conducted a population-based propensity-score matched cohort study of incident hospitalized subjects diagnosed with CDI (those with the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Canada code A04.7) from January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2010, in Ontario, Canada. Infected subjects were matched to uninfected subjects (those without the code A04.7) on age, sex, comorbidities, geography, and other variables, and followed up through December 31, 2011. We stratified results by elective and nonelective admissions. The main study outcomes were up-to-3-year costs, which were evaluated in 2014 Canadian dollars. RESULTS We identified 28,308 infected subjects (mean annual incidence, 27.9 per 100,000 population, 3.3 per 1,000 admissions), with a mean age of 71.5 years (range, 0-107 years), 54.0% female, and 8.0% elective admissions. For elective admission subjects, cumulative mean attributable 1-, 2-, and 3-year costs adjusted for survival (undiscounted) were $32,151 (95% CI, $28,192-$36,005), $34,843 ($29,298-$40,027), and $37,171 ($30,364-$43,415), respectively. For nonelective admission subjects, the corresponding costs were $21,909 ($21,221-$22,609), $26,074 ($25,180-$27,014), and $29,944 ($28,873-$31,086), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Hospital-acquired CDI is associated with substantial healthcare costs. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first CDI costing study to present longitudinal costs. New strategies may be warranted to mitigate this costly infectious disease. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;1-11. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 5 | 33% |
| United States | 3 | 20% |
| Spain | 2 | 13% |
| South Africa | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 4 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 53% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 33% |
| Scientists | 2 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 68 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 16 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 6% |
| Professor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 17% |
| Unknown | 17 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 31% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 13 | 18% |
| Unknown | 26 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 April 2018.
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