Impact of health insurance status on surgical site infection incidence: A prospective cohort study

Health insurance status may affect the risk for surgical site infection (SSI). A large prospective cohort study in a Swiss tertiary-care hospital did not find evidence of a difference in SSI risk in individuals with basic versus semiprivate or private insurance in a setting with universal health ins...

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2019-09, Vol.40 (9), p.1063-1065
Main Authors: Duggan, Brian T, Roth, Jan A, Dangel, Marc, Battegay, Manuel, Widmer, Andreas F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Body mass index
Bone surgery
Cholecystectomy
Classification
Cohort analysis
Colon
Colorectal surgery
Diabetes
Disease control
Disease prevention
Female
Health insurance
Heart surgery
Hospitals
Humans
Incidence
Insurance coverage
Insurance Coverage - statistics & numerical data
Insurance, Health - statistics & numerical data
Male
Medicaid
Medical personnel
Middle Aged
Mortality
Nursing
Orthopedics
Patients
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Surgical site infections
Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology
Switzerland - epidemiology
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Summary:Health insurance status may affect the risk for surgical site infection (SSI). A large prospective cohort study in a Swiss tertiary-care hospital did not find evidence of a difference in SSI risk in individuals with basic versus semiprivate or private insurance in a setting with universal health insurance coverage.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2019.195