Application of a new methodology and R package reveals a high burden of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in Germany compared to the average in the European Union/European Economic Area, 2011 to 2012

BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) pose a major challenge to health systems. Burden of disease estimations in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) are useful for comparing and ranking HAIs. AIM: To estimate the number of five common HAIs, their attributable number of deaths and bu...

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Published in:Euro Surveill
Main Authors: Zacher, Benedikt, Haller, Sebastian, Willrich, Niklas, Walter, Jan, Abu Sin, Muna, Cassini, Alessandro, Plachouras, Diamantis, Suetens, Carl, Behnke, Michael, Gastmeier, Petra, Wieler, Lothar H., Eckmanns, Tim
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6864977/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31771703
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.46.1900135
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