The importance of @entity86 depends on the frequency with which @entity281 occurs as well as on the additional cost per @entity1 with @entity281 . For example, in our hospital the additional cost per @entity1 with @entity281 after @entity547 repair was  600, compared with  2,106 per @entity1 with @entity281 after colonic surgery. However, the total excess cost per year was similar for @entity547 surgery ( 44,800) and colon surgery ( 48,440). The reason is that @entity547 surgery is much more common than colon surgery. It is a general principle of clinical audit that the importance of problems should be defined by their frequency as well as their individual severity. A third important consideration is the likelihood that the problem can be corrected. Undue attention has been given to the health resource costs of @entity86 at the expense of information about the intangible costs to the @entity1 (these are nonfinancial costs such as @entity158 ). Health resource costs are very dependent on medical practice variation, and comparative studies between countries reveal marked differences in the way that apparently similar infections are managed. Moreover, comprehensive audit of @entity281 -control management often reveals wasteful practice, e.g, antibiotic treatment of @entity1 who do not in fact have @entity281 . Audit of @entity86 should focus on eliminating wasteful practice (e.g., prophylactic antibiotics continuing > 24 hrs after surgery) as well as on reducing @entity86 rates.

What is the value of preventing XXXX ?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infection'] @entity86 :: ('MESH:D019106', 'Disease') :: ['postoperative infections', 'postoperative infection'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain and disability'] @entity547 :: ('MESH:D006547', 'Disease') :: ['hernia']
@entity86 :: (MESH:D019106,Disease) :: ['postoperative infections']
