Volume 7, Number 2—April 2001
THEME ISSUE
4th Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and Healthcare-Associated Infections
Introduction
Infection Control and Changing Health-Care Delivery Systems
Table
Changing epidemiology of health care in acute-care facilities
Year | ||
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Characteristic | 1975 | 1995 |
Admissions | 37,700,000 | 35,900,000 |
Patient-days | 299,000,000 | 190,000,000 |
Length of stay | 7.9 days | 5.3 days |
Inpatient surgical procedures | 18,300,000 | 13,300,000 |
Adapted from ref 6 and unpublished data (CDC, Hospital Infections Program)
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