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Hospital MRSA, Community, and Nosocomial Infection Costs Near $35,000 per Case |
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A study appearing in the Centers for Disease Control's Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol 5, No. 1) entitled The Economic Impact of Staphyloccus aureus in New York City Hospitals revealed that direct medical costs in treating nosocomial and MRSA infection nears $35,000 each, due to high costs of antibiotics, longer hospital stays and costs of patient isolation procedures: Direct Medical Cost Source of Infection Cost per Patient ($) Deaths (%) Nosocomial $28,800 10% Community* $35,400 7% MRSA
$34,400
21%
*Non-pneumonia In addition, the average length of stay attributable to S. aureus infection was 20 days -- nearly three times the average. Extrapolated Average Annual Costs Annual US Healthcare Acquired Infections 2,000,000 Average Direct Medical Cost $32,860 Annual US Total $65.7 Billion
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