Costs associated with tuberculosis control programs at hospitals caring for children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 604-608

  Kellerman, Scott ^a   Saiman, Lisa ^b   Soto Irizarry, Milagros ^b   San Gabriel, Pablo ^b   Larsen, Catherine A ^c   Besser, Richard ^d   Catanzaro, Antonino ^c   Jarvis, William ^a  

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

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cost analysis; Environmental controls; Infection control; Multidrug resistant tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nosocomial Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032811581     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199907000-00007     Document Type: Article

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