Estimation of money saving based on the hypothesis that increasing energy intake from ≤ 70% to >70% would have reduced the number of healthcare-associated infections (HCAI).

The financial simulation was transposed from our study population to the whole Geneva University Hospital adult patients hospitalized in acute care departments in 2012 (source: 2012 Swiss-DRG data from the Department of Informatics of the Geneva University Hospital).* Number of HCAI expected by reducing by 58% the proportion of HCAI if a nutritional intervention would have covered > 70% instead of ≤ 70% of their energy needs in the study population and in the 2012 Geneva University Hospital acute care adult patients.† The estimation of money saving was calculated according to CDC data [24] based on the low and high estimates of average HCAI attributable costs, 14,000 and 15,300 US $/patient, respectively.Estimation of money saving based on the hypothesis that increasing energy intake from ≤ 70% to >70% would have reduced the number of healthcare-associated infections (HCAI).