Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Economics and Preventing Healthcare Acquired Infection

Economics and Preventing Healthcare Acquired Infection

Halton, Kate
Graves, Nicholas
Jarvis, William

Paperback

Medical Reference

ISBN10: 1441924841
ISBN13: 9781441924841
Publisher: Springer
Published: Oct 29 2010
Pages: 161
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Reasons for Writing This Book The published literature on the economic appraisal of healthcare acquired infection (HAI) is described by phrases such as: With so many virtues of the cost-benefit approach identified, it is perhaps puzzling why greater use of economic appraisal has not been made in the area of infection control [1] Clinicians should partner with economists and policy analysts to expand and improve the economic evidence available [2] the quality of economic evaluations should be increased to inform decision makers and clinicians [3] The economics of preventing hospital-acquired infections is most often described in general terms. The underlying concepts and mechanisms are rarely made explicit but should be understood for research and policy-making [4] The aim of this book is to describe how economics should be used to inform decisi- making about infection control. Our motivation stems from the previous quotes which show economics is being used within the infection control community, but not to its full potential. Our expectation is that you do not have any formal training in economic analyses. Economic analyses have been used for many decades to argue for increased funding for hospital infection-control. In 1957, Clarke [5] investigated bed wastage in British hospitals due to Staphylococcus aureus in patient's wounds. She concluded .... the average length of stay in hospital of patients whose wounds were infected with Staph.

Also from

Graves, Nicholas

View All

Also in

Medical Reference

View All