Incremental costs of hospital-acquired complications in Alberta, Canada

From: 27th Patient Classification Systems International (PCSI) Working Conference Montreal, Canada 19-22 October 2011 Author details1-Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2C8, CanadaEMPTY2-Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2C8, CanadaEMPTY3-Data Integration Measurement and Reporting, Strategy and Performance, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, CanadaEMPTY4-Provincial Operations, Standards and Strategies, Health Information, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, CanadaEMPTY Supplemental Information: CHADx representing the highest per-episode median incremental cost included multi-drug resistant Staph aureus (CHADx 4.3, C$11,357), falls with fractured neck of femur (CHADx 3.1, C$6,679), and pressure ulcers (CHADx 8.1, C$6,512).