The costs of preventing the spread of respiratory infection in family physician offices: A threshold analysis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hogg, William ^a,b   Gray, David ^c   Huston, Patricia ^d   Zhang, Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Research Division   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; CANADA; COST; ECONOMICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CANADA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES;

EID: 38349008420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-181     Document Type: Article

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