Economic impact of a new rapid PCR assay for detecting influenza virus in an emergency department and hospitalized patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Soto, Marcelo ^a   Sampietro Colom, Laura ^b   Vilella, Anna ^b,c   Pantoja, Efraín ^b   Asenjo, María ^b   Arjona, Ruth ^b,c   Hurtado, Juan Carlos ^b,c   Trilla, Antoni ^b,c   Alvarez Martínez, Míriam José ^b,c   Mira, Aurea ^b   Vila, Jordi ^b,c   Marcos, María Angeles ^b,c  

^a Fundació Privada Clinic per A la Recerca Biomèdica   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; RAPID TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; VIRUS DETECTION; BLOOD; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84958580802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146620     Document Type: Article

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