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

• Main Authors: Tianyuan Yan (Author), Yingxia Li (Author), Yu Sun (Author), Haiyan Wang (Author), Jingna Wang (Author), Weili Wang (Author), Yunhong Liu (Author), Xiaohui Wu (Author), Shuhui Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...