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A Cost-Outcome Description of the Septic Work-Up for Bacterial Infection in Neonates in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Roger E. Thomas  and
Philip Baker
Roger E. Thomas
Affiliation:
University of Ottawa
Philip Baker
Affiliation:
University of Ottawa
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Abstract

Analysis of the septic work-up of 194 neonates at Women's College Hospital, Toronto, showed that the only antepartum condition predicting neonatal sepsis was the mother being on antibiotics. The only postnatal condition predicting sepsis was a maternal postpartum white blood cell count over 11,000. The average cost for tests for a septic work-up in these 194 mother-neonate pairs was $71.48 (Canadian dollars), and the average cost of tests to find a septic case was $1,066.77.

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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , Winter 1995 , pp. 11 - 25
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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