Cost of hospital management of Clostridium difficile infection in United States—a meta-analysis and modelling study

Shanshan Zhang,Sarah Palazuelos-Munoz,Evelyn Balsells,Harish Nair,Ayman Chit,Moe H. Kyaw

Cost of hospital management of Clostridium difficile infection in United States—a meta-analysis and modelling study

2016

Shanshan Zhang
Sarah Palazuelos-Munoz
Evelyn Balsells
Harish Nair
Ayman Chit
Moe H. Kyaw

Background Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the leading cause of infectious nosocomial diarrhoea but the economic costs of CDI on healthcare systems in the US remain uncertain.

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Pathology
Health care
Medicine
Medical microbiology
Tropical medicine
Clostridium
Average cost
Economic cost
clostridium difficile
future studies
Meta-analysis
preventive intervention
societal perspective
Indirect costs

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