Silver Book Fact
Drug-resistant infections increase length & cost of hospital stays
Drug-resistant infections increase the length of hospital stays by more than 23% and the cost by close to 30%.
Mauldin P, Salgado C, Hansen I, Durup D, et al. Attributable Hospital Cost and Length of Stay Associated with Health Care-Associated Infections Caused by Antibiotic Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009; 54(1): 109-15. http://aac.asm.org/content/54/1/109.full