Table 1 Medical question of interest
From: Estimands to quantify prolonged hospital stay associated with nosocomial infections
Approach | Medical question of interest / meaning of corresponding estimand |
|---|---|
A 1 | - How many days do patients with NI stay, on average, eventually longer in hospital than patients who will never acquire a NI? |
- How many days do patients with NI stay, on average, after the NI? | |
A 2 | - How many hospital days are, on average, attributable to NI per patient? |
- How many hospital days, on average, would a patient have stayed shorter if he/she would not have acquired a NI? | |
A 3 | - How many hospital days are, on average, attributable to NI in a hospital population? |
- How many hospital days would the average length of stay be shorter if all NI in the population would be eliminated? | |
A 4 | - How many days does a patient with NI stay, on average, longer in hospital? |
- How many days, on average, is the expected prolonged stay for patients with NI? |