VAP is associated with high costs to patients and the health care system as a whole. According to estimates,
300 000 cases of VAP occur each year and cost health care systems more than $12 billion.3 VAP also increases length of stay up to 22 days, with a cost greater than $40 000
per patient per infection.3 The cost per hospitalization is
$308 534 for an infant or child with VAP and $252 652 for patients without VAP