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Reports from Mexican ICUs estimated the overall average cost of a HAIs episode at $12,155 with an excess cost of $11,591 per case of CR-BSI (1). In several ICUs in Argentina, the overall extra cost estimates for CR-BSI and healthcare-associated pneumonia averaged $4,888 and $2,255 per case, respectively (1).
From this study, the average attributable patient cost of VAP is $11,897 (in 1999 dollars). The estimate of the cost of VAP from Anderson et al is $25,072 (in 2005 dollars). CAUTI For costs associated with CAUTI, the Anderson et al. [18] study provides an estimate of $758 per infection.The second estimate of $589 (in 1998 dollars) comes from Tambyah et al.iscussion While there is considerable variability in the costs of HAI, the low cost estimates of $5.7 to $6.8 billion annually are still substantial when compared to the cost of inpatient stays for other medical conditions.