Estimating the excess bed days and economic burden of healthcare-associated infections in Singapore public acute-care hospitals

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Sep;43(9):1245-1248. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.165. Epub 2021 May 21.

Abstract

We estimated the annual bed days lost and economic burden of healthcare-associated infections to Singapore hospitals using Monte Carlo simulation. The mean (standard deviation) cost of a single healthcare-associated infection was S$1,809 (S$440) [or US$1,362 (US$331)]. This translated to annual lost bed days and economic burden of 55,978 (20,506) days and S$152.0 million (S$37.1 million) [or US$114.4 million (US$27.9 million)], respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cost of Illness
  • Cross Infection* / epidemiology
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Financial Stress*
  • Hospitals, Public
  • Humans
  • Singapore / epidemiology