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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2019

Brian T. Duggan ,
Jan A. Roth Open the ORCID record for Jan A. Roth [Opens in a new window] ,
Marc Dangel ,
Manuel Battegay  and
Andreas F. Widmer
Brian T. Duggan
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Jan A. Roth*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Marc Dangel
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Manuel Battegay
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Andreas F. Widmer
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Swissnoso, National Center for Infection Prevention, Bern, Switzerland
*
Author for correspondence: Jan A. Roth, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

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.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 9 , September 2019 , pp. 1063 - 1065
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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