Costs of nosocomial infections

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 286-290

  Smith, Shanon D ^a   Doebbeling, Bradley N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029788706     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199608000-00015     Document Type: Review

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