Economic evaluation of nosocomial infections in pediatric intensive care units in Lithuania;Hospitalinės infekcijos ekonominis įvertinimas vaikų intensyviosios terapijos skyriuose Lietuvoje

Medicina

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 781-789

  Gurskis, Vaidotas ^a   Kevalas, Rimantas ^a   Keriene, Virginija ^a   Vaitkaitiene, Egle ^a   Miciulevičiene, Jolanta ^b   Dagys, Algirdas ^a   Ašembergiene, Jolanta ^c   Grinkevičiute, Dovile ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^b CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Hygiene   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Children; Cost; Intensive care; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954543024     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina46110110     Document Type: Article

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