Active surveillance and decolonization of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus on admission to neonatal intensive care units in Hong Kong: A cost-effectiveness analysis

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1024-1030

  You, Joyce H S ^a   Chan, C Y ^a   Wong, M Y ^a   Ip, Margaret ^a  

^a Chinese University of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION TREES; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84866172301     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667735     Document Type: Article

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