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Table 3 Health care costs of 318 women for the preventable proportion of surgical site infections based on a primary estimation of 9% overhead costs

From: Cost-effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in elective cesarean section

Total cost for care of SSI

4560

Cost for care of SSI excluding overhead costs

4150

Proportion of costs of SSI preventable by antibiotic prophylaxis (38%)

1577

Total cost for care of DSI

22,747

Cost for care of DSI excluding overhead costs

20,698

Proportion of costs of DSI preventable by antibiotic prophylaxis (62%)

12,833

Total cost preventable by antibiotic prophylaxis

14,410

Total cost per women

45.3

  1. All costs are in Euros
  2. DSI deep surgical site infection, SSI superficial surgical site infection