Graves, Nicholas, Weinhold, Diana 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0002-9378 and Roberts, Jennifer A.
(2005)
Correcting for bias when estimating the cost of hospital-acquired infection: an analysis of lower respiratory tract infections in non-surgical patients.
Health Economics, 14 (7).
pp. 755-761.
ISSN 1057-9230
Abstract
Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are costly but many are avoidable. Evaluating prevention programmes requires data on their costs and benefits. Estimating the actual costs of HAI (a measure of the cost savings due to prevention) is difficult as HAI changes cost by extending patient length of stay, yet, length of stay is a major risk factor for HAI. This endogeneity bias can confound attempts to measure accurately the cost of HAI. We propose a two-stage instrumental variables estimation strategy that explicitly controls for the endogeneity between risk of HAI and length of stay. We find that a 10% reduction in ex ante risk of HAI results in an expected savings of £693 ($US 984).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/5749/ho... |
| Additional Information: | © 2005 Wiley-Blackwell |
| Divisions: | International Development |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2009 11:55 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Nov 2024 03:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/22986 |
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