CDC central-line bloodstream infection prevention efforts produced net benefits of at least $640 million during 1990-2008

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1040-1047

  Douglas Scott II, R ^a   Sinkowitz Cochran, Ronda ^a   Wise, Matthew E ^a   Baggs, James ^a   Goates, Scott ^b   Solomon, Steven L ^a   Clifford McDonald, L ^a   Jernigan, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; INDWELLING CATHETER; MICROBIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901992219     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0865     Document Type: Article

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