Higher hospital costs and lengths of stay associated with quinolone-resistant Salmonella enterica infections in Hong Kong
Author(s) -
Edward Broughton,
Margaret Ip,
C Coles,
Damian Walker
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdp057
Subject(s) - medicine , confounding , salmonella enterica , percentile , medical costs , salmonella , psychological intervention , epidemiology , medical record , antibiotics , emergency medicine , pediatrics , health care , biology , statistics , mathematics , psychiatry , bacteria , economics , genetics , economic growth , microbiology and biotechnology
The study sought to determine the differences in lengths of stay and medical costs between patients admitted to hospital with non-typhoidal salmonellosis that were either quinolone resistant (QR) or quinolone susceptible (QS).
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