Review of economic evaluations of mask and respirator use for protection against respiratory infection transmission

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mukerji, Shohini ^a   MacIntyre, C Raina ^a   Newall, Anthony T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Economic evaluation; Facemask; Influenza; Respirator; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FACE MASK; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SURGICAL MASK; VENTILATOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASK; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS; UTILIZATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASKS; PANDEMICS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TUBERCULOSIS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84944043255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1167-6     Document Type: Article

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