Hospital Stay Length as an Effect Modifier of Other Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infection

Hospital Stay Length as an Effect Modifier of Other Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infection

This paper addresses the problem of hospital stay length as a risk factor for nosocomial infection and as a modifier of the effect of other risk factors for hospital infection. Patients were selected form two cross-sectional studies done in two different seasons of 1986. Risk of infection rose fairl...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of epidemiology 1990-03, Vol.6 (1), p.34-39
Hauptverfasser: Delgado-Rodríguez, M., Bueno-Cavanillas, A., López-Gigosos, R., J. de Dios Luna-Castillo, Guillén-Solvas, J., Moreno-Abril, O., Rodríguez-Tuñas, B., Cueto-Espinar, A., Rodríguez-Contreras, R., Galvez-Vargas, R.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Disease models
Disease risk
Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic
Epidemiologic Methods
Epidemiology
Female
Hospital admissions
Humans
Infections
Length of Stay
Logistic regression
Male
Middle Aged
Operating rooms
Predisposing factors
Prospective Studies
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Selection bias
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Zusammenfassung:This paper addresses the problem of hospital stay length as a risk factor for nosocomial infection and as a modifier of the effect of other risk factors for hospital infection. Patients were selected form two cross-sectional studies done in two different seasons of 1986. Risk of infection rose fairly steadily as hospital stay lenght increased (correlation coefficient: 0,83, p
ISSN:0393-2990
1573-7284
DOI:10.1007/bf00155546