Billions Spent on Healthcare-Associated Infections

THE BILLIONS WE SPEND ON Healthcare Associated Infections Each year in the U.S. there are an estimated 722,000 infections and 75,000 deaths that are contracted during the course of a hospital stay. [ HOW MUCH COULD THAT C OST YOU? ] THE TOTAL ANNUAL COST OF HAls IS $96-$147 BILLION • LOW ESTIMATE HIGH ESTIMATE DIRECT $ 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Initial Hospitalization 24.8 Billion 53.9 Billion Professional Fee Initial 4.9 13.2 Billion Hospitalization Post-Charge 0.2 Billion Outpatient Readmisslon Post Initial 3.4 4 Billion Hospitalization Professional Fees Readmission 0.7 1 Billion Post-Discharge Dlagnosed 0.3 1.7 Billion Infection Subtotal 34.3 Billion 74 Billion INDIRECT $ 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Lost Wages, Incapacitation 2.5 3.9 Billion Lost Future Wages, Premature Death 59.1 68.7 Billion Subtotal 61.6 72.6 Billion ТОTAL 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 96 Billion 147 Billion HAIS WITH GREATEST OVERALL COST $9.8 Billion is Spent on Treatment of HAIS 31.6% Ventllator-Assoclated Pnuemonla 18.9% CLABI 33.7% SI 31.6% C. Dif 0.4% CAUTI $3.3B $3.1B $1.8B 33.7% 31.6% 18.9% Surgical Site Ventllator-ASsoclated Central Line-Assoclated Infections (SSI) Pnuemonla Bloodstream Infectlons (CLABI) $1.5B $27.8M 15.4% .4% Clostrodlum Difficile Catheter-Assoclated Infectlons (C.DIff) Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) $$$ Most Expensive HAI On Per-Case Basis [ AVERAGE COST ADDED TO PATIENT'S BILL ] $869 CAUTI $45,814 CLABI $20,785 $11, 285 SI C.DIFF $40,114 VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNUEMONIA POINT INTER ACTIVE