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Table 3 Relevant literature to costs and length of stays (LOS) of patients with lower respiratory tract infection

From: Attributable costs of ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) acquired on intensive care units: a retrospectively matched cohort study

Author, Year

Study country

Study design

Adjusted for time – dependency bias

Type of infection

DRG-based

Exposed : unexposed

Attributable costs

Attributable hospital LOS

Kollef, 2012 [6]

USA

Matched cohort, retrospectively

No

VAP

Yes

2,144 : 2,144

39,828 USD*

13 days*

Restrepo, 2010 [7]

USA

Matched cohort, retrospectively

No

VAP

Yes

30 : 90

35,480 USD*

13 days*

Cocanour, 2005 [5]

USA

Matched case control, prospectively

No

VAP

Yes

70 : 70

57,158 USD*†

14 days*†

Warren, 2003 [8]

USA

Cohort study, prospectively

No

VAP

Yes

127 : 629

11,897 USD

21 days*

This study, 2012

Germany

Matched cohort, prospectively

Yes

LRTI

Yes

49 : 49

23,651 USD

9 days

  1. * absolute difference of mean or median of exposed and unexposed patients.
  2. † only ICU. LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection. VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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