@article{d315251560d040279066151b3ed4573c,
title = "Valuation of hospital bed-days released by infection control programs: a comparison of methods",
abstract = "We performed a contingent valuation survey to elicit the opportunity cost of bed-days consumed by healthcare-associated infections in 11 European hospitals. The opportunity cost of a bed-day was significantly lower than the accounting cost; median values were €72 and €929, respectively (P <.001). Accounting methods overestimate the opportunity cost of bed-days.",
author = "Stewardson, {Andrew J.} and Stephan Harbarth and Nicholas Graves and A. Allignol and J. Beyersmann and E. Tacconelli and {De Angelis}, G. and C. Farina and F. Pezzoli and X. Bertrand and H. Gbaguidi-Haore and J. Edgeworth and O. Tosas and J.A. Martinez and M.P. Ayala-Blanco and C. Masuet-Aumatell and M.B. Navarro and A. Pan and A. Zoncada and C.A. Marwick and D. Nathwani and H. Seifert and N. Hos and S. Hagel and S. Heublein and R. Meyer and {TIMBER Study Group}",
year = "2014",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1086/678063",
language = "English",
volume = "35",
pages = "1294--1297",
journal = "Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology",
issn = "0899-823X",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
number = "10",
}