Health economic evaluation of an infection prevention and control program: Are quality and patient safety programs worth the investment?

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 773-777

  Raschka, Stefanie ^a   Dempster, Linda ^a   Bryce, Elizabeth ^a  

^a VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost avoidance; Cost benefit analysis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PATIENT SAFETY; REGIONALIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

COST AVOIDANCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVEILLANCE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT SAFETY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84883301061     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.10.026     Document Type: Article

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