Cost-effectiveness analysis of N95 respirators and medical masks to protect healthcare workers in China from respiratory infections

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mukerji, Shohini ^a   MacIntyre, C Raina ^a,b   Seale, Holly ^a   Wang, Quanyi ^c   Yang, Peng ^c   Wang, Xiaoli ^c   Newall, Anthony T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Economic evaluation; Healthcare worker; Mask; N95 respirator

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GAS MASK; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL MASK; N95 RESPIRATOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; CHINA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASK; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; PANDEMIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UTILIZATION;

CHINA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASKS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PANDEMICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 85021634337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2564-9     Document Type: Article

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