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Hospital Acquired Infections Kill Thousands and Cost Billions

March 1, 2010 at 3:36 pm by Tom Barwick | Profile

Investigators reviewed hospital discharge records from as many as 69 million in-patient hospital admissions between 1998 and 2006, and found that these infections lengthened admissions from eleven to fourteen days and added approximately $33,000 to $46,000 in costs to those admissions.


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