THE ECONOMICS OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS

被引：111

作者：

WENZEL, RP

机构：

[1] Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

来源：

JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION | 1995年 / 31卷 / 02期

关键词：

NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS; ECONOMICS; ATTRIBUTABLE MORTALITY; OUTCOMES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

D O I：

10.1016/0195-6701(95)90162-0

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

A simple model of the costs and benefits of an infection control programme is presented. Liberal costs and conservative benefits were assumed. The concepts of crude and attributable mortality were applied to examine the cost per life year saved if a minority of infection-related deaths were prevented. An effective infection control programme is one of the most cost-beneficial medical interventions available in modern public health.

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页码：79 / 87

页数：9

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