Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 March 2026 Lin Yang [Opens in a new window] , Show author details Keywords DRGseconomic and temporal burdennosocomial infectionsorthopaedic patientssurgical site infection Information Type Original Paper Information Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 154 , 2026 , e40 Creative Commons This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence...