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1273/2013 - Cost and characterization of Nosocomial Infection in Elderly
Custo e Caracterização de Infecção Hospitalar em Idosos

Author:

• Érika Maria Izaias - Izaias, E.M. - Londrina, PR - Universidade Estadual de Londrina - <erikamizaias@yahoo.com.br>

Co-author(s):

• Renata Aparecida Belei - Belei, R.A. - Universidade Estadual de Londrina - <rabelei@yahoo.com.br>
• Mariana Angela Rossaneis - Rossaneis, Mariana Angela - Universidade Estadual de Londrina - <marianarossaneis@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8607-0020
• Mara Solange Gomes Dellaroza - Dellaroza, M.S.G. - Londrina, PA - Universidade Estadual de Londrina - <dellaroza@uel.br>

Thematic Area:

Saúde do Idoso

Abstract:

The growth of the elderly represents a direct impact on the health sistem. The hospitalization complications such as Hospital infection (IH). Objective: to characterize and to avaliate the cost of IH in aged in a tertiary hospital public. Method: descriptive, cross-sectional study. Elderly with IH in 2010 made up the population of study. The data derived from in-hospital sectors and analyses of Excel 2003 and SPSS programs. Results: 341 seniors participated in the study with IH index 3% higher than the monthly average. The most frequent infectious sites were: respiratory tract infection (58.1%), urinary tract infection (28.6%) and surgical site (4.6%). Each hospitalization cost on average $ 28,714 .10 and 5% of this amount represented antibiotics. The increase of 15 days average added $ 17,946 .3 to costs of hospitalization. Conclusion: the elderly has increased vulnerability to IH. The infectious frames extend hospitalizations and elevate costs varying according to the site.

Keywords:

Nosocomial Infection Elderly Health-care Costs Nursing

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Izaias, E.M., Belei, R.A., Rossaneis, Mariana Angela, Dellaroza, M.S.G.. Cost and characterization of Nosocomial Infection in Elderly. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2013/Sep). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/cost-and-characterization-of-nosocomial-infection-in-elderly/14033?id=14033



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