The true cost of epidemic and outbreak diseases in hospitals
Background: Outbreaks of infectious diseases may result in bed pressures, which are often mitigated by delaying new admissions due to beds being unavailable. This painfully illustrates to policy makers and the public what is meant by the economic notion of “opportunity costs”: The value of the next-...
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London)
2018
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.745973 |