Humans, 'things' and space: Costing hospital infection control interventions

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 200-205

  Page, K ^a   Graves, N ^a   Halton, K ^a   Barnett, A G ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Costs; Infection; Infection control; Judgement; Overconfidence; Time estimation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 84879783735     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.03.006     Document Type: Review

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