Initial costs of ebola treatment centers in the United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 350-352

  Herstein, Jocelyn J ^a   Biddinger, Paul D ^b   Kraft, Colleen S ^c   Saiman, Lisa ^d   Gibbs, Shawn G ^e   Smith, Philip W ^f   Hewlett, Angela L ^f   Lowe, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; EBOLAVIRUS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA;

EBOLAVIRUS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955130565     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2202.151431     Document Type: Letter

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