Costs and resource utilization patterns in surgical site infections: a pre-COVID-19 perspective from France, Germany, Spain, and the UK

Surgical site infections (SSIs), mainly caused by Staphylococcus aureus, pose a significant economic burden in Europe, leading to increased hospitalization duration, mortality, and treatment costs, particularly with drug-resistant strains such as meticillin-resistant S. aureus. To conduct a case–con...

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Published in:	The Journal of hospital infection Vol. 147; pp. 123 - 132
Main Authors:	Salmanton-García, J., Bruns, C., Rutz, J., Albertsmeier, M., Ankert, J., Bernard, L., Bataille, C., Couvé-Deacon, E., Fernández-Ferrer, M., Fortún, J., Galar, A., Grill, E., Guimard, T., Classen, A.Y., Vehreschild, J.J., Stemler, J., Naendrup, J-H., Hampl, J., Tallon, B., Sprute, R., Horcajada, J.P., Mollar-Maseres, J., Muñoz, P., Pletz, M.W., Serracino-Inglott, F., Soriano, A., Vilz, T.O., Seifert, H., Cornely, O.A., Mellinghoff, S.C., Liss, B.J., Wingen-Heimann, S.M., Pegeot, A., Durand, H., Ménard, A., Potart, A., Porché, C., Hallouin-Bernard, M.C., Moreno, A.V., Solá, M., Onori, R., Goia, F., Escudero, R., Martínez-Morel, H., Luján, M., Pérez, R., Panes, A., Rhodes, K., Koll, C.E.M., Koehler, F.C., Cornely, F.B., Budin, S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01-05-2024
Subjects:	Hospital-acquired infection Staphylococcus aureus Surgical site infection Surgical site infection Hospital-acquired infection Staphylococcus aureus
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Summary:	Surgical site infections (SSIs), mainly caused by Staphylococcus aureus, pose a significant economic burden in Europe, leading to increased hospitalization duration, mortality, and treatment costs, particularly with drug-resistant strains such as meticillin-resistant S. aureus. To conduct a case–control study on the economic impact of S. aureus SSI in adult surgical patients across high-volume centres in France, Germany, Spain, and the UK, aiming to assess the overall and procedure-specific burden across Europe. The SALT study is a multinational, retrospective cohort study with a nested case–control analysis focused on S. aureus SSI in Europe. The study included participants from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK who underwent invasive surgery in 2016 and employed a micro-costing approach to evaluate health economic factors, matching S. aureus SSI cases with controls. In 2016, among 178,904 surgical patients in five European countries, 764 developed S. aureus SSI. Matching 744 cases to controls, the study revealed that S. aureus SSI cases incurred higher immediate hospitalization costs (€8,810), compared to controls (€6,032). Additionally, S. aureus SSI cases exhibited increased costs for readmissions within the first year post surgery (€7,961.6 versus €5,298.6), with significant differences observed. Factors associated with increased surgery-related costs included the cost of hospitalization immediately after surgery, first intensive care unit (ICU) admission within 12 months, and hospital readmission within 12 months, as identified through multivariable analysis. The higher rates of hospitalization, ICU admissions, and readmissions among S. aureus SSI cases highlight the severity of these infections and their impact on healthcare costs, emphasizing the potential benefits of evidence-based infection control measures and improved patient care to mitigate the economic burden.
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ISSN:	0195-6701 1532-2939 1532-2939
DOI:	10.1016/j.jhin.2024.02.019