Economic rationale for infection control in Australian hospitals

Healthcare Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 81-88

  Graves, Nicholas ^a   Halton, Kate ^c   Paterson, David ^d   Whitby, Michael ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 77953389923     PISSN: 18355617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/HI09010     Document Type: Article

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