Selected aspects of the socioeconomic impact of nosocomial infections: morbidity, mortality, cost, and prevention

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 552-557

  Jarvis, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030203524     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141291     Document Type: Article

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