In critically ill patients, MRSA bacteremia have a significantly higher attributable mortality than MSSA bacteremia.
Although these infections are crudely associated with death they are not associated with a significantly increased attributable mortality.
Even in critically ill patients, those with MRSA bacteremia had a significantly higher attributable 30-day mortality rate (53.2% vs. 18.4%) and in-hospital mortality rate (63.8% vs. 23.7%) than patients with methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, after accurate adjustment for disease severity.
With respect to direct medical costs, SSIs diagnosed after hospital discharge incurred significantly more attributable use of resources than matched controls in each of the following categories: outpatient visits, inpatient care, pharmacy, radiology, home health aide care, and durable medical equipment.
With increase in grazing intensity, LF has been seen to significantly reduce [11], attributable to low litter deposition, high mineralization due to exposure to surface temperature and intensive erosion.
The addition of duration of index surgery into the model did not significantly confound the attributable impact that SSI had on higher total costs (Table 5).
This was primarily driven by the costs of chemotherapy drugs, although patients receiving chemotherapy also incurred significantly higher costs attributable to district nurse visits and hospital stays.
Chronic HBV infection appears to have its natural progression modified by HIV coinfection, with significantly increased mortality attributable to liver disease in co-infected patients, compared with those with HBV alone [ 5].
In addition, the results indicate that significantly lower diabetes attributable direct medical costs and diabetic prescription drug costs are associated with good HbA1c control than with fair or poor HbA1c control.
