TY - JOUR
T1 - How should economic analyses inform nosocomial infection control?
AU - Mylonakis, Eleftherios
AU - Ziakas, Panayiotis D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Nosocomial infections are public health threats with often grave human costs. Because implementing screening and best outbreak response practices is costly for health care organizations, allocating resources for interventions requires consensus among stakeholders with a plurality of perspectives about how to weigh prospective interventions' risks and benefits. Economic analysis can facilitate decision making but is relatively new in nosocomial infection prevention and control. This article describes features of and reasons for economic analysis in this specific area and focuses on emerging challenges in antimicrobial stewardship.
AB - Nosocomial infections are public health threats with often grave human costs. Because implementing screening and best outbreak response practices is costly for health care organizations, allocating resources for interventions requires consensus among stakeholders with a plurality of perspectives about how to weigh prospective interventions' risks and benefits. Economic analysis can facilitate decision making but is relatively new in nosocomial infection prevention and control. This article describes features of and reasons for economic analysis in this specific area and focuses on emerging challenges in antimicrobial stewardship.
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U2 - 10.1001/AMAJETHICS.2021.631
DO - 10.1001/AMAJETHICS.2021.631
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85114614495
SN - 2376-6980
VL - 23
SP - E631-E638
JO - AMA Journal of Ethics
JF - AMA Journal of Ethics
IS - 8
ER -