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dc.contributor.authorXia, Hanjue-
dc.contributor.authorHorn, Johannes-
dc.contributor.authorPiotrowska, Monika J.-
dc.contributor.authorSakowski, Konrad-
dc.contributor.authorKarch, André-
dc.contributor.authorKretzschmar, Mirjam-
dc.contributor.authorMikolajczyk, Rafael-
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-19T10:27:13Z-
dc.date.available2024-03-19T10:27:13Z-
dc.date.issued2024-
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendata.uni-halle.de//handle/1981185920/117348-
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25673/115394-
dc.description.abstractPathogens typically responsible for hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) constitute a major threat to healthcare systems worldwide. They spread via hospital (or hospital-community) networks by readmissions or patient transfers. Therefore, knowledge of these networks is essential to develop and test strategies to mitigate and control the HAI spread. Until now, no methods for comparing healthcare networks across different systems were proposed. Based on healthcare insurance data from four German federal states (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Saxony and Thuringia), we constructed hospital networks and compared them in a systematic approach regarding population, hospital characteristics, and patient transfer patterns. Direct patient transfers between hospitals had only a limited impact on HAI spread. Whereas, with low colonization clearance rates, readmissions to the same hospitals posed the biggest transmission risk of all inter-hospital transfers. We then generated hospital-community networks, in which patients either stay in communities or in hospitals. We found that network characteristics affect the final prevalence and the time to reach it. However, depending on the characteristics of the pathogen (colonization clearance rate and transmission rate or even the relationship between transmission rate in hospitals and in the community), the studied networks performed differently. The differences were not large, but justify further studies.eng
dc.language.isoeng-
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/-
dc.subject.ddc610-
dc.titleRegional patient transfer patterns matter for the spread of hospital-acquired pathogenseng
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local.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleScientific reports-
local.bibliographicCitation.volume14-
local.bibliographicCitation.pagestart1-
local.bibliographicCitation.pageend14-
local.bibliographicCitation.publishernameMacmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature-
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherplace[London]-
local.bibliographicCitation.doi10.1038/s41598-023-50873-z-
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dc.identifier.ppn1883770173-
cbs.publication.displayform2024-
local.bibliographicCitation.year2024-
cbs.sru.importDate2024-03-19T10:26:38Z-
local.bibliographicCitationEnthalten in Scientific reports - [London] : Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature, 2011-
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