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Attributable cost and extra length of stay of surgical site infection at a Ghanaian teaching hospital

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 2; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.infpip.2020.100045

ISSN

2590-0889

Autores

Ama Pokuaa Fenny, Felix Asante, Evans Otieku, Antoinette Bediako‐Bowan, Ulrika Enemark,

Tópico(s)

COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

Resumo

Limited information is available on the financial impact of healthcare associated infections in Sub-Saharan Africa. A prospective case-control study was undertaken at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana, to calculate the cost of surgical site infections (SSI).

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