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Table 6 Comparison of hospital stay and hospital cost for patients with or without MRSA infections

From: Impact of active screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and decolonization on MRSA infections, mortality and medical cost: a quasi-experimental study in surgical intensive care unit

Category

Cases with MRSA infections

Cases without MRSA infections

P value

Length of stay (days)

   

 SICU length of stay (mean)

40.6

6.6

<0.001

 SICU length of stay (median)

37

2

<0.001

 Total length of hospital stay (mean)

75.4

23.3

<0.001

 Total length of hospital stay (median)

59

15

<0.001

Costa,b

   

 SICU costs (mean)

25,466

6,612

<0.001

 SICU costs (median)

25,161

3,748

<0.001

 Total hospitalization costs (mean)

31,815

8,505

<0.001

 Total hospitalization costs (median)

31,020

4,961

<0.001

  1. ain US dollars (exchange ratio US$1 = NT$30). bThe medical cost, including physician care, accommodation, nursing care, meals, laboratory procedures, treatments, operations, rehabilitation programs, medications, pharmacy service and anesthesia. MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; SICU: surgical intensive care unit.
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