Economic impact of outbreaks of norovirus infection in hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-193

  Lee, Bruce Y ^a,b   McGlone, Sarah M ^a,b   Bailey, Rachel R ^a,b   Wettstein, Zachary S ^a,b   Umscheid, Craig A ^c   Muder, Robert R ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NOROVIRUS; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WARD;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 78751663339     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657910     Document Type: Article

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