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Economics and Preventing Healthcare Acquired Infection
Graves, Nicholas; Halton, Kate; Jarvis, William
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Description for Economics and Preventing Healthcare Acquired Infection
hardcover. As a rigorous analytic framework for dealing with this increasingly serious problem, this engagingly written work for the economics non-specialist brims with tables, charts, and case studies and lays out the economic concepts in clear, real-world terms. Num Pages: 161 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 970.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
Number of pages
161
Condition
New
Number of Pages
161
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387726496
SKU
V9780387726496
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About Graves, Nicholas; Halton, Kate; Jarvis, William
Nicholas Graves is a Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics at the School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology. He is also a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia. William Jarvis is a well-known figure in infection control. He was formerly Chief of the Epidemiology Branch at the CDC, ... Read more
Reviews for Economics and Preventing Healthcare Acquired Infection
From the reviews: "This book on the cost of healthcare-associated infectious is written from an economic rather than an accounting perspective, a difference that is explained in detail … . It is written for infection-control personnel and infectious disease practitioners with no prior knowledge of economics. … Graduate and professional students and researchers in health-related ... Read more