Increased financial burdens and lengths of stay in patients with healthcare-associated infections due to multidrug-resistant bacteria in intensive care units: A propensity-matched case-control study

• Li-Hsiang Su,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Infection Control Team, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• I-Ling Chen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, School of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Ya-Fen Tang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Infection Control Team, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Jen-Sin Lee ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jensinlee01@gmail.com (JSL); 88b0@adm.cgmh.org.tw (JWL)

  Affiliation Faculty of Finance, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Jien-Wei Liu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jensinlee01@gmail.com (JSL); 88b0@adm.cgmh.org.tw (JWL)

  Affiliations Infection Control Team, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University Medical College, Taoyuan, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7704-1933

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