Researchers assessed outcomes and associated healthcare costs for 88,689 patients. Of these, 2.5 percent had ventilator-associated pneumonia, which led to longer average durations of mechanical ventilation, ICU stays and hospitalization than patients without the infection. Notably, overall average hospitalization costs for patients with infection were $99,598, compared to $59,770 for patients without the infection.
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