Value of public health funding in preventing hospital bloodstream infections in the United States

M.D. Whittington, C.J. Bradley, A.J. Atherly, J.D. Campbell and Richard Lindrooth

American Journal of Public Health, 2017, vol. 107, issue 11, 1764-1769

Abstract: Objectives.To estimate the association of 1 activity of the Prevention and Public Health Fund with hospital bloodstream infections and calculate the return on investment (ROI). Methods. The activity was funded for 1 year (2013). A difference-in-differences specification evaluated hospital standardized infection ratios (SIRs) before funding allocation (years 2011 and 2012) and after funding allocation (years 2013 and 2014) in the 15 US states that received the funding compared with hospital SIRs in states that did not receive the funding. We estimated the association of the funded public health activity with SIRs for bloodstream infections.Wecalculated the ROI by dividing cost offsets from infections averted by the amount invested. Results.The funding was associated with a 33% (P

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303987

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