Valuation of hospital bed-days released by infection control programs: A comparison of methods

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1294-1297

  Stewardson, Andrew J ^a,b   Harbarth, Stephan ^a   Graves, Nicholas ^c   Allignol, Arthur ^d   Beyersmann, Jan ^d   Tacconelli, Evelina ^e   De Angelis, Giulia ^e   Farina, Claudio ^f   Pezzoli, Fabio ^f   Bertrand, Xavier ^g   Gbaguidi Haore, Houssein ^g   Edgeworth, Jonathan ^h   Tosas, Olga ^h   Martinez, Jose A ⁱ   Ayala Blanco, M Pilar ⁱ   Masuet Aumatell, Cristina ^j   Navarro, Marta Banqué ^j   Pan, Angelo ^k   Zoncada, Alessia ^k   Marwick, Charis A ^l   Nathwani, Dilip ^l   Seifert, Harald ^m   Hos, Nina ^m   Hagel, Stefan ⁿ   Heublein, Steffen ⁿ   Meyer, Rodolphe ^a   more..

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^f PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^h GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^k CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

ⁿ JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING COST; ARTICLE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATING THEATER CAPACITY; OPPORTUNITY COST; SECONDARY CARE CENTER; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BED OCCUPANCY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EUROPE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS;

EID: 84907207305     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/678063     Document Type: Article

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