Cost-effectiveness of sick leave policies for health care workers with influenza-like illness, Brazil, 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1421-1429

  Mota, Nancy Val y Val P ^a   Lobo, Renata D ^a   Toscano, Cristiana M ^b   Pedroso de Lima, Antonio C ^a   Beatriz Souza Dias, M ^a   Komagata, Helio ^a   Levin, Anna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; OSELTAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAZIL; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LEAVE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALARY;

ABSENTEEISM; BRAZIL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 79960869489     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1708.101546     Document Type: Article

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