A second breadth: hospital-acquired pneumonia in Pennsylvania, nonventilated versus ventilated patients
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
- Author(s):
- Davis, James, author Finley, Edward, author
- Contributor(s):
- Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2018
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Cross Infection -- epidemiology Pneumonia -- epidemiology Pneumonia -- etiology Pneumonia -- mortality Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- epidemiology Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- mortality Patient Safety Cross Infection -- economics Cross Infection -- mortality Hospitals Pneumonia -- economics Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- economics Humans Pennsylvania United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Research published in 2012 by Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority analysts determined that nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) affected more people than ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and was as lethal as, and more costly than, VAP. This article updates the Authority's original data set, using the same methods and outcome measures. Analysts queried the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) for complete nosocomial pneumonia data sets from January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2016, inclusive of the total inpatient population for Pennsylvania acute-care facilities. Data sets from the Authority's original data (from January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2012) are included for comparison. The analysis found not only that NV-HAP continues to be as lethal as VAP but that it demonstrates higher incidence and is more costly as a whole.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (12 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101735851 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101735851