Cost and Effects of Different Admission Screening Strategies to Control the Spread of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Gurieva, Tanya ^a   Bootsma, Martin C J ^a,b   Bonten, Marc J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COSTS; DIAGNOSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; COMPARATIVES STUDIES; COST SAVING; INFECTION RATES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; RELATIVE COSTS; RELATIVE EFFECTS; SCREENING STRATEGY; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION MODEL;

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; WARD;

EID: 84874768037     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002874     Document Type: Article

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