Economics of infection control surveillance technology: Cost-effective or just cost?

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Furuno, Jon P ^a   Schweizer, Marin L ^a   McGregor, Jessina C ^b   Perencevich, Eli N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; AUTOMATION; BIOINFORMATICS; BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949093935     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.06.002     Document Type: Review

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