Hospital-acquired lower respiratory tract infections among high risk hospitalized patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital in China: An economic burden analysis

Background: Data on the economic burden of hospital-acquired lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) among high risk hospitalized patients are lacking in China. This study aims to fill this knowledge gap. Methods: We used a prospective matched cohort design, comparing patients with LRTIs and 1:1 ma...

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Main Authors: Tianyuan Yan, Yingxia Li, Yu Sun, Haiyan Wang, Jingna Wang, Weili Wang, Yunhong Liu, Xiaohui Wu, Shuhui Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034117302782