MRSA leads to worse outcomes, staggering expenses for surgical patients
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 19:49
in Health & Medicine
DURHAM, N.C. -- Post-surgical infections significantly increase the chance of hospital readmission and death and cost as much as $60,000 per patient, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers who conducted the largest study of its kind to date. Link: http://www.dukemednews.org