The research is about the economic burden analysis of nosocomial infections among acute leukemia patients in China.

Our study indicated that nosocomial infections were associated with higher extra medical costs and longer duration of hospital stay, which significantly imposed a substantial economic burden on patients and lead to waste of unnecessary healthcare resources.

This study is an extension of our previous work on nosocomial infections of different diseases, such as renal transplantation, haemodialysis and cardiovascular disease, etc.