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One MRSA infection costs a hospital $60,000
December 15, 2009
MSNBC
WASHINGTON - A single patient infected with the increasingly common "superbug" known as MRSA can cost a hospital $60,000, U.S. researchers reported Tuesday.
Their study of seven hospitals and health facilities shows that taking action, even expensive action, to fight infections can save money, the researchers at Duke University in North Carolina said.
The study, published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE, addresses methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA infections associated with surgery.
"Our estimates of the financial burden of surgical site infections due to MRSA are unique," Deverick Anderson of Duke University Medical Center and colleagues wrote.
"Surgical site infections due to MRSA led to charges in excess of $19 million for the group of study hospitals," they added. "Surgical site infections due to MRSA led to a 7-fold increased risk of death, a 35-fold increased risk of hospital readmission, more than 3 weeks of additional hospitalization, and more than $60,000 of additional charges compared to uninfected controls."
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